Auto-enrolment

Smart Pension is the latest provider to sign up to the Make My Money Matter campaign, committing to an investment approach that will achieves net zero emission well ahead of a 2050...

Trustees of larger occupational pensions and authorised schemes could soon be required to calculate and publish their schemes’ carbon footprint under new government proposals. The Department of Work and Pensions is now...

Six out of 10 pension savers are supportive of the FCA’s new investment pathways according to new research. Legal & General Investment Management in association with NMG Consulting found 70 per cent...

Aegon UK is introducing a 30 per cent ESG portion to its workplace default funds as part of its net zero carbon transition strategy. The provider is partnering with HSBC Global Asset...

The Government has confirmed that it will keep the auto-enrolment earnings threshold at £10,000 and will not remove the lower earnings limit at this stage. It says this represents a real terms...

The Pension Schemes Bill passed through Parliament today but may not come fully into effect until well into 2022, say industry experts. The final Parliamentary stage of the Pension Schemes Bill was...

Cushon has launched what it describes as the world’s first net zero pension, using carbon offsetting to offset what it calculates are 23 tonnes a year of CO2 generated by the typical...

Aegon has announced its intention to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its default pension fund ranges by 2050 and is exploring whether it can halve them in the next decade. The...

Millions of people risk running out of money in retirement as a result of pension freedoms according to new research.  An ongoing study undertaken by The People’s Pension and asset manager State...

Savers paid 11 per cent less into workplace DC schemes last year as the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic hit, according to the latest ONS data. The figures show that employee...