Steve Butler, the former CEO of Punter Southall Aspire, has joined Hymans Robertson Personal Wealth as its head of corporate. Butler will lead the corporate business within Hymans Robertson Personal Wealth, supporting...
As the Pension Schemes Act finally received royal assent in May, some master trust providers looked on with anxiety as the provisions of the scale test were etched into law. The test...
Household circumstances, including home ownership and relationship status are key determinates of retirement adequacy, with the current system creating significant areas of vulnerability, a Pensions Policy Institute report has found. The PPI...
Four providers are responsible for over 70 per cent of assets and three quarters of members, with master trusts now accounting for 41 per cent of large DC schemes, according to research...
Retirement in the UK is starting to feel out of reach for many workers. Not because people do not understand the importance of pensions, nor because they are unwilling to save, but...
Nest has expanded its private market strategy by launching a new £200m dedicated venture capital ‘sleeve’, with Schroders Capital. Nest, the UK’s largest master trust, has been invested in growth-stage companies and...
Administration and consultancy firm Aptia has appointed Ian Burns as head of investment consulting. Aptia said this senior appointment will help the firm further strengthen its range of strategic advisory services for...
The conversation has evolved over the last few years – shifting from “should we?” to “how do we do this well?” – and increasingly towards the role private assets could play beyond...
How important is scale when it comes to DC investment into private markets? Scale is critical to enable better outcomes. At smaller sizes, private markets exposure is often constrained to pooled or...
Private market allocations have become a “key differentiator” between DC defaults across the workplace market, according to a new report from Hymans Robertson. The pensions consultancy says providers are increasingly allocating to...
