Auto-enrolment

Seven out of 10 adults are unaware that the age at which they can access their pension will increase in the near future.  From 2028 savers will have to be 57 before...

The Royal Mail Group has appointed EQ to be the pension software supplier for its new collective defined contribution (CDC) pension scheme. EQ’s pension administration software Compendia was chosen following the selection...

Two-thirds of employers who currently run their own trust-based pension plans are considering switching to a master trust within the next two years, according to new research from Willis Towers Watson.  Its...

ClearGlass, the company founded by transparency campaigner Professor Chris Sier, is extending its cost and performance benchmarking proposition to the asset management industry. The service will enable users to identify which asset...

Automatic enrolment has been a huge success, but it’s placed the trustees of defined contribution, occupational pension schemes (DC OPS) under significant pressure. If we just look at the numbers; the trustees...

SPONSORED CONTENT Pensions are a terrific employee benefit provided by employers – but not all staff have fully grasped their worth or necessarily made the link as to why they personally need...

The British pensions industry is gifted in making things more complicated than they need to be. But at its most simple there are two parts: the building up bit, and the spending...

 As climate change risk management beds in to the UK legislative agenda, pension funds are under pressure to make important decisions on how to incorporate it into their strategies. This has been at...

Variants and new significant outbreaks permitting, pandemic measures look set to be scaled back, although there may be bumps along the way. At the same time, the expectation is that government support in...

Across much of the pensions industry, member engagement is verging on non-existent. Trustees and employers are investing in high-quality communication exercises, but it is an uphill battle. The “why” behind this effort...