DC funds planning real assets increases – Aviva Investors research
More than two thirds of DC pension schemes - 69 per cent - say they expect to increase allocations to real assets over the next two years, an increase from from 51...
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TPR highlights cyber security lessons of Capita breach
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued an update on lessons on dealing with cyber crime learnt from pension administrator Capita’s cyber security incident last year. In a report published today TPR says trustees should...
Platform provider targets group Sipp market in bid to shake up workplace pensions
Open architecture platform TILLIT is eyeing the workplace pensions market with the launch of a group Sipp later this year. The company, which was founded by a former Baillie Gifford investment manager...
Standard Life almost doubles workplace business as Phoenix posts 80pc growth
Phoenix Group saw an 80 per cent increase in new business net fund inflows in 2023, with £7bn placed with the provider and workplace pensions and savings through Standard Life almost doubling...
Labour plans pension review, strong new TPR powers and a ‘British Tibi’ fund
Labour will launch a pensions review, give the regulator new powers to force consolidation and establish a British ‘Tibi’ investment fund to help DC schemes invest in UK growth assets, if it...
Why the UK should avoid the Aussie Supers’ race to the middle on performance – Kris Black
Pensions automatic enrolment has generally been a success, but there have been drawbacks too, one which has grabbed headlines recently being the proliferation of small pots. Different ways of resolving small pots...
DCIF appoints new chair and vice-chair to board
The DC Investment Forum (DCIF) has elected Mark Austin as the new chair and David Whitehair its vice chair for 2024. Mark Austin is pensions and insurance Eexecutive for Northern Trust’s Asset...
Pot shots fired at pot-for-life
Between the Mansion House reforms of early summer and the recent Autumn Statement, a consultation about small pots became big box office. There were ministerial speeches and newspaper briefings extolling the benefits...
Broadstone appoints senior investment consultant
Broadstone has appointed Andrew Knight-Stephens to be a senior member of its London-based investment consulting team. Knight-Stephens was most recently an investment specialist at British Airways pensions having previous worked in a...
Profile Andrew Waller: Generation game changer
It can be a tough market for employee benefit consultants, given rising regulatory and insurance costs and the need to invest in technology, which continues to develop at pace. This has driven consolidation...
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