The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published the list of asset owners, asset managers and service providers who are signatories to its new tougher stewardship code. In the list of asset owners...
There has been a significant fall in the number of pension savers seeking protection against the Lifetime Allowance according to new HMRC data. This data — supplied in response to a freedom...
UK pension schemes are increasing their allocations to illiquid assets in response to increased transparency about opportunities and diversification benefits. The research shows 85 per cent of professional pension fund investors say...
The Government’s plan to require a stronger nudge to Pension Wise guidance for non-advised retirees is well-intentioned but ‘flawed’ because it is unworkable for scheme administrators says Premier head of pensions administration...
David Farrar, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) senior policy manager, is joining Nest on secondment to work on climate change, responsible investment and other evolving policy areas. Farrar joins Nest...
A big majority of pensions professionals are sceptical that the pensions dashboard, currently scheduled for 2023, will be delivered on time. More than three quarters of respondents surveyed by the Pensions Management...
Pay is the most voted-on issue by DC pension scheme members, with almost three times as many votes cast on the issue a climate, rights or lobbying, according to figures from LGIM...
Mark Ramsook, senior director and sales leader for GB and Western Europe has joined Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing as Director of Global Employee Benefits Development for Europe and Latin America. Ramsook...
Regulations facilitating collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes need to be made more flexible to make them fairer to younger people and reduce intergenerational cross-subsidies warns LCP. As the Government’s consultation on the...
Accessing pension to fund a Covid cash crisis could see even median earners hit with tax penalties for contributing to their pension, Aegon has warned. Individuals earning £30,000 per year who have...
