The National Audit Office (NAO) has censured Nest for making irregular payments totalling £100,000 to retain staff in key posts. Nest made payments totalling £100,000 to 2 individuals in two payments -...
Aon has appointed Jenny Davidson as trustee director of its £1.4bn master trust. Davidson, who represents BESTrustees has worked for 40 years in the pensions industry for a number of private sector...
Traditional messages around not saving enough for retirement are not working, and the industry needs to find new ways to engage people, according to Cushon head of workplace savings Danny Meehan. Meehan...
A simplified advice regime could leave advisers and providers open to future mis-selling claims, and may not solve the problems in the at-retirement market, warned Syndaxi Financial Planning director Robert Reid. One...
People want to know how their pension affects the world on a social and non-financial level and do not just want to focus on their financial performance, according to Scottish Widows master...
The effects of climate change are becoming more palpable, and various stakeholders – including non-governmental organisations, investors, and communities – are increasingly turning towards climate litigation. Consequently, the number of climate change-related...
Pension scheme members are becoming more diverse, but this is not being matched by the personnel in the companies and teams offering these services, according to Nelu Solutions CEO Uche Enemchukwu. Enemchukwu...
When will the pensions industry and, more importantly, its members, clients and customers get access to the pensions dashboard? The answer is not until 2023 at least. In October 2020, the Pensions...
Hybrid DB/DC schemes have “dodged a bullet” by avoiding being part of the new value for money (VFM) requirements, according to leading pension consultants. Talking at a panel debate about consolidation in...
With the approval of several Covid-19 vaccines and the implementation of vaccination programmes around the world, economies began to fire up again after a year in the doldrums. This has meant capital...
