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Many trustees are unsure whether new  rules aimed at preventing pension scams will be effective, according to a new survey. Specialist pension law firm Sacker & Partners found that while half of...

Trustees have criticised government plans to use £16 billion from the Local Government Pension Scheme for ‘levelling up’ projects, calling the proposals ‘ridiculous’ which could see these local authority schemes used as...

Defined contribution pension schemes could improve employee returns while reducing risk by incorporating alternative assets into default funds, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI). The report, sponsored by the Association of...

People with old DC pensions paying higher annual fees could lose out on an estimated 4.4 per cent increase to their retirement fund if they do not move to a newer pension...

Real assets can help portfolio managers diversify, but there remain among leading pension investors, some debate about the exact diversifying characteristics these assets hold, according to a new white paper from Camradata. ...

Ten years on from the introduction of automatic enrolment, more Brits than ever are saving for retirement – with an additional £28 billion saved in 2020 compared to 2012. As well as...

The amount transferred into DC schemes increased by 134 per cent last year, from £3.7 billion to £8.6 billion, according to figures from The Pensions Regulator (TPR). DC trust scheme data from...

The government has failed to set out a timetable to implement key recommendations on improving auto-enrolment that were first made in a DWP report in 2017. This report recommended enrolling workers from...

People who live in deprived areas are more likely to work past state pension age because they cannot afford to retire without the state pension, according to a report by the Institute...

The Pensions Regulator has sets out its plans for how the new collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes should be regulated. This draft codes comes ahead of changes which will see trustees be...