DC

The negative market reaction to last week’s ‘mini’ budget is impacting both DB and DC pension schemes. One of the biggest impact has come from the surge in gilt yields, which is...

WTW has appointed Mark French and Karen Tilford to lead its central research & support (CRS) team within its DC consulting business. The appointments follow the announcement that Roy Edie will retire...

It’s fair to say that the gilt market hated today’s mini-Budget.  People are getting out their long term history books and gilt charts to find example of worse one-day price moves. Gilt...

The pensions industry is calling for a review of pension taxes and allowances as part of the new chancellor’s pledge to simplify the UK tax regime and stimulate growth. The new chancellor...

The new chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng reformed the pension charge cap in his inaugural ‘mini’ Budget, to encourage pension schemes to invest in infrastructure assets and less liquid private markets. Announcing plans to...

Isio has appointed three new partners as it continues to expand its advisory offering. Richard Birkin, Andrew Craig and Calum Brunton Smith have all been promoted and will each take on specific...

Almost seven out of 10 lower-income earners who have a workplace pension say they cannot afford to make further contributions due to rising living costs.  This research, by Legal & General Investment...

The People’s Pension has appointed Emma Osborne to its trustee board. Osborne, an experienced investment professional, will join seven existing trustees directors who together oversee the running of the workplace pension scheme. This...

Fidelity International has launched a new biodiversity fund as part of its sustainable fund range. This fund offers the opportunity to invest in a global equity portfolio of companies contributing to biodiversity...

Pi Consulting has boosted its master trust support with the appointment of Kirstin Spanos to the team. Spanos has over twenty years’ experience in the pension sector,  a significant amount of which...