Royal London’s Jamie Jenkins and Smart Pension’s Darren Philp are among six new members appointed to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's (PLSA) policy board. Formed in 2018 this policy board guides...
The People’s Pension has appointed Mark Condron to be the new chair of its trustee board. Condron, a fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and an accredited professional trustee, has...
The investing approach of UK defined contribution (DC) schemes needs to be reviewed and refined due to changing member needs and market conditions, according to Aon. According to Aon’s 2022 UK DC...
The average growth phase default fund saw a 16.58 per cent pre-charge return in 2021, as markets bounced back from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from the Corporate Adviser Master Trust...
A report published in October last year exposed a worrying link between pension schemes and climate change.The research, conducted by Make My Money Matter, an organisation which describes itself as a ‘people-powered...
Nearly two-thirds of UK adults or 62 per cent admit to focusing on the early, active stages when thinking about retirement, according to new insights from Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group....
What are the new VFM regulations, and how will they impact trustees? There has been a lot of talk about ‘value for money’ regulations, but we prefer to think about ‘value for...
Canada Life UK has appointed Paul Russell as its chief information officer. Russell joins from Upside Saving, where he served as the company's founder and chief technology officer. He has over 20...
Aegon is investing £3bn of its workplace default fund into a new range of BlackRock’s ESG index funds — effectively doubling exposure to sustainable investments for growth stage investors. Growth stage investors...
The National Pension Trust is launching a new sustainable default strategy. This shift to its default strategy will affect around 44,000 members invested in this master trust. In total around £978m of...
