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SPONSORED COMMENT Many DC schemes are searching for ways to offer their members access to illiquid asset classes, but they face a number of hurdles to get there. So just how much...

With potentially better-than-stock market long-term returns for a fraction of the volatility, it’s not surprising that the question of introducing illiquids into defined contribution (DC) scheme is such a recurring theme. But the...

DC scheme members may be sidestepping safeguards by avoiding investment pathways and remaining invested in scheme defaults, a new DCIF report concludes. The report, called A Complex Puzzle: The Investment Challenges Facing...

LifeSight master trust will invest almost $1bn (£734m) into a new climate transition index fund, which aims to rate individual companies on their ability to shift towards a low carbon economy. This fund...

All financial firms and FTSE-listed companies will be required to publish plans on how they plan to transition to net zero under proposed new rules from the Treasury. The plans, outlined at...

Aegon Asset Management has become the latest fund manager to sign up to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. Its parent company, Aegon NV has also signed up to the Net Zero...

TPT Retirement Solutions will be investing £54m from its default fund into into private equity.  For investors at the growth stage, this means that 3.5 per cent of their funds are invested...

The Chancellor’s announcement of an increase in the charge cap for auto-enrolment pension schemes, above the current 0.75 per cent level, has been well-trailed.  The intention to encourage more pension money to...

The Chancellor has announced plans to address the ‘net pay anomaly’ which has seen many low-paid workers miss out on tax relief on their workplace pension contributions. However, pension experts have criticised...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a consultation on reforming the charge cap on DC workplace pensions in today’s Budget.  This charge cap is currently set at 0.75 per cent. In his budget...