The debate over whether trust or contract pension arrangements are superior is decades old. Yet with such a high level of regulatory change, product development and scale on the master trust side, the answer to the question...
Following the acquisition of BlackRock’s UK defined contribution platform and administration business, Aegon has promoted Kate Smith to the new role of head of master trust. Smith, who joined Aegon in 2006,...
Darracott joins from Legal & General Investment Management where she worked for 12 years, most recently as head of digital investing. She also led LGIM’s investment into Smart three years ago. In...
Aegon, Aviva, Royal London and Scottish Widows have all received gold medal ratings for their workplace pensions. Financial research consultants, F&TRC, have compiled their annual ratings of both workplace pension and auto-enrolment...
There has been an significant increase in the number of businesses looking to switch their workplace pension provider over the past year, according to new figures. Aviva says it has seen an...
HM Treasury has confirmed it is looking to tackle anomolies in the auto-enrolment system which has seen up to one million low-earners miss out on tax relief. Its statement, which says it...
Schroders has launched a new Sustainable Multi-Factor Equity Fund, designed to meet growing demand for more ESG-focused investment strategies. This is a global fund, benchmarked against the MSCI All Country World Index....
This figures, calculated by Aegon, assume that the employee and employer have made just minimum contributions over this full six-year period. Aegon says this is a “small but important” start to their...
Financial advisers view Brexit and the current political uncertainty as only secondary risks to people’s long-term financial security. Despite the political and news agenda being dominated by Brexit issues, only 6 per...
The survey was conducted among delegates at the Corporate Adviser 2018 Summit. Following a speech by ShareAction’s investor engagement manager Anne-Marie Williams, 57 per cent said it was “essential” that default pension...
