The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) urged providers to continue with progress, despite the delays to implementation, although it confirmed it is working on a new timetable with government and regulators. In its...
Hundreds of ETF funds have been downgraded from Article 9 to Article 8 after the EU introduced new rules on classifying sustainable investment funds. This reclassification followed the introduction of 'level 2’...
What does the data tell us about the way defined contribution (DC) savers are currently transitioning into retirement? The headline figures show that 85-90 per cent of retirees are fully cashing out,...
Don’t laugh but I think a row over how much we are allowed to save into pensions might just decide the next election. Ok, maybe it won’t be pensions themselves that hold...
When a Chancellor of the Exchequer really wants to pull a rabbit out of the hat, they often turn to pensions. In this year’s Budget, Jeremy Hunt did not disappoint, reducing the...
Standard Life is launching a new retirement section to its master trust, aimed at employers and trustees of single or own-trust schemes. This will enable single-trust schemes to offer more comprehensive at...
There are misgivings among pension consultants regarding pension consolidators in the retail market. The most commonly cited concern is the potential for higher charges in any consolidated plan outside of the workplace...
The Pensions Regulator is writing to trustees at hundreds of pension funds asking them to ensure members' information has not been compromised following a data hack at scheme administrator Capita. Capita —...
The pensions industry has been grumbling for some time now about what’s next for automatic enrolment. There’s no disputing the fact that it’s been a great success. By “the end of November...
In the pensions advisory space, Isio is very much one of the new kids on the block. But this hasn’t proved to be a brake on its growth ambitions. The firm’s latest financial...
