Boris as PM could prompt recession – Schroders
A Boris Johnson premiership would lead to a recession, fall in the value of the pound and a spike in inflation, according to predictions from Schroders' economics experts. The asset manager has...
Pensions
Workplace protection and benefits providers’ data revealed for first time
Group private medical insurance is perceived by advisers as being the workplace protection and wellbeing benefit most valued by employees, but providers in the sector are less prepared to divulge market information...
Smart swallows Corpad master trust
Smart Pension is set to receive a transfer of more than 20,000 members of the Corpad Master Trust following a strategic review by the trustees. The Leeds-based master trust will recommend transfer...
New tools give trustees greater transparency on costs
The new Cost Transparency Initiative - designed to make it easier for pension schemes to compare fund charges - has launched its first set of machine-readable standardised cost templates. These new templates...
Altmann becomes TTF ambassador as report chronicles financial scandals
Baroness Ros Altmann, former pension minister and campaigner, is throwing her weight behind the Transparency Task Force, having been named its one hundredth Ambassador. Her appointment comes as the organisation publishes a...
TPR in new crackdown on AE refuseniks
The Pension Regulator has announced a new crackdown on employers who are flouting their auto enrolment pension duties. Those suspected of breaking the law will be targeted with short notice inspections. TPR...
Numbers deferring state pension falls to 20-year low
The number of people who opt to defer their state pension has fallen to the lowest level for 20 years, according to new figures from the Department of Work and Pensions. Just...
Thirty-eight master trusts meet extended authorisation deadline
The Pensions Regulator has confirmed it has received 38 authorisation applications from master trust providers. This latest update comes as the extension period for applications closes. This extension was granted to 10 schemes....
Prudential closing DC master trusts
Prudential is in the process of winding up its DC master trusts, with its members being transferred to its contract-based arrangement, citing commercial reasons for doing so. The schemes commenced wind-up in...
Corporate Adviser editor named best trade pension journalist
Corporate Adviser editor John Greenwood was named best B2B pension journalist for the third time in four years at the Headlinemoney Awards in London last night. Greenwood received his award from Scottish...
