The Pensions Regulator should investigate why two thirds of pension scheme trustees are failing to comply with their environmental, social and governance (ESG) obligations, a new report from the UK Sustainable Investment and...
Defined contribution (DC) assets across the world’s six largest pension markets exceeded defined benefit (DB) assets for the first time in 2019, research from the Thinking Ahead Institute has found. The research...
Investors in workplace pensions have received returns 16.8 per cent higher than investors using financial advisers in the five years to Q3, 2019, new research from Corporate Adviser reveals. Older investors, with...
The Cheviot Trust delivered the highest returns for savers in the pre-retirement phase, for those five years before state pension age, returning 10.6 per cent a year annualised before charges in the...
Now: Pensions, the master trust that has sat at the bottom of the workplace pension default performance tables for several years, delivered the sector’s strongest performance in the year to Q3 2019,...
The Pensions Regulator is conducting spot checks among the UK’s largest employers to ensure they are meeting their auto-enrolment obligations. This includes banks, local authorities, supermarkets and national charities. These short-notice inspections,...
Dan Melley has rejoined Mercer, where he will take on the role as UK commercial lead of investment solutions. Melley previously worked for Mercer for 17 years, and led the launch of...
The Pensions Management Institute has appointed Atlas as its master trust partner. This partnership will give PMI members access to a range of services provided by Atlas through multiple distribution channels. This...
Workplace pension providers will no longer have disclose to members full fees — including transaction costs — for all fund options, after the industry lobbied the regulator for a change in these...
A third of employers are failing to offer support for the physical wellbeing of staff, according to new industry research from Group Risk Development (Grid). The trade body pointed out such support...
