The Society of Pension Professionals has appointed Fred Emden as its first chief executive. The SPP is a trade body, representing companies that advise and provide services to work-based pension schemes and...
The Pensions Regulator has made its ambivalence towards smaller single employer trusts crystal clear. For example, last August it described what it saw as the unacceptable scale of under- performance in its annual...
Opt out rates for auto-enrolment remain low, despite last April's increase in contribution rates, according to the latest data published by the Department of Work and Pensions. Its Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report...
It is now five years since the introduction of pension freedom rules, but there is still widespread confusion about retirement options, particularly among the 50-plus age group. One in four savers (26...
Hymans Robertson has promoted William Chan to the newly created role of head of DC investment. In this new position Chan, who joined the company in 2015, will lead Hymans Robertson on...
The Pensions Regulator is conducting spot checks among the UK’s largest employers to ensure they are meeting their auto-enrolment obligations. This includes banks, local authorities, supermarkets and national charities. These short-notice inspections,...
Workplace pension providers will no longer have disclose to members full fees — including transaction costs — for all fund options, after the industry lobbied the regulator for a change in these...
What is the right level of risk for a workplace default? This depends on a lot of factors including attitude to risk, time horizon, and objectives. Pension investors who are still in...
UK defined benefit funds have long been allocating to what is broadly termed ‘alternative’ assets. According to the Pension Protection Fund’s Purple Book, UK private sector DB funds invested on average 15 per cent of...
Almost nine out of 10 employers are set to review their pension provider this year, according to new research. The research by Smarterly found that more than one in two employers(54 per...
