Opt-out rates from AE pension increased marginally in 2019, following the second staged increase in minimum contribution levels according to the Department of Work and Pensions — but overall opt-out rates remain...
Support is declining among pension schemes for The Pension Regulators new Code of Practice, according to research Aon. The professional services firm says that support has notably waned during the consultation period...
TPT Retirement Solutions has appointed Helena Dumycz as its new head of employer relationships. Dumycz, a qualified actuary, has 18 years’ experience in the pensions sector and has worked in consulting and...
Punter Southall Aspire is withdrawing from the master trust market. The firm currently runs the Aspire Savings Trust. Trustee will now begin the process of identifying a new master trust provider to...
More than £35bn has been withdrawn from pensions since freedoms were in 2015 with £2.5bn withdrawn in Q1 2020, up 19 per cent on the same period last year. The £2.5bn represents...
Gilt prices have risen sharply in recent months, on the back of volatile stock markets. One beneficiary of this has been those pension savers are still in schemes that are targeting an annuity...
There is a huge communications challenge for the pension industry, according to leading pension campaigner, Baroness Ros Altmann, in the wake of one of the most dramatic short-term market corrections in recent...
Baroness Jeannie Drake, one original architects of auto-enrolment has been appointed to The People’s Pension board of trustees. This is one of two new appointments. The People’s Pension has also appointed consulting...
Cardano Group has appointed Marino Valensise to be its group chief investment, and oversee the investment strategy of Now: Pensions. Valensise joins from Barings Asset Management, where he has worked for the...
The master trust sector is predicted to grow to £200bn by 2025, by when at least six schemes expected to have assets in excess of £10bn, according to the third edition of...
