It is now over three years since Standard Life launched its Sustainable Multi Asset Universal SLP solution as its main DC default offering. Callum Stewart, head of investment proposition, distribution, explains how...
I marched on 10 Downing Street last month for justice for victims of financial misconduct. My particular experience and expertise relate to pension scams. For the last 10 years I have freely...
As more companies begin to review their master trust provider, the secondary master trust market is coming more into focus. However, unlike the familiar single-employer trust to master trust market transition (with...
In spite of major reforms over the past twenty years, the UK’s long-term savings system lacks coherence and strategic purpose, with different elements of the system working against each other. The government...
Learning from the pension systems of other countries makes sense. But we cannot always ‘cut and paste’ policies between countries which may have a totally different pensions history, different labour market conditions,...
Pension ‘pots for life’ make as much sense on these shores as they do in other countries, where they are already up and running. Firstly, the need is clear. New research by...
In response to the DWP’s consultation on ‘Options for Defined Benefit schemes’, which closes on 19th April, consultants LCP have argued that the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) could have a key role...
There is much that the UK can learn from the Australian pensions system: the simplicity of the process for members, the look through to a single, bigger pot, the single set of...
Back in the early 1990s, when former pension reform regulators like me were shaping Australia’s plan to embrace compulsory superannuation coverage and employer/employee contributions, English trust law was seen as the mechanism...
SPONSORED CONTENT The future of UK pensions is poised for transformation, inspired by the comprehensive Australian superannuation system and ‘pot for life’ model. This article delves into key aspects and lessons from...
