DC

Defined benefit and master trust provider TPT has made two senior appointments to its leadership team as it looks to grow its DC business. Philip Smith has joined the company as the...

The Society of Pension Professionals has appointed Fred Emden as its first chief executive.  The SPP is a trade body, representing companies that advise and provide services to work-based pension schemes and...

KPMG has spun off its pensions advisory practice, which is now being launched as an independent consultancy, known as Isio.  The division was bought out by Isio partners with backing from Exponent...

The Pensions Regulator has made its ambivalence towards smaller single employer  trusts crystal clear. For example, last August it described what it saw as the unacceptable scale of under- performance in its annual...

Now that all pension providers are legally required to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their default fund investment processes will we see less scheme members opting for ethical or...

It is now five years since the introduction of pension freedom rules, but there is still widespread confusion about retirement options, particularly among the 50-plus age group.  One in four savers (26...

The new chancellor Rishi Sunak, has dropped plans to reduce higher rate tax relief on pensions, according to reports this weekend.  Briefings suggest this change of plan comes after fierce opposition by...

Hymans Robertson has promoted William Chan to the newly created role of head of DC investment. In this new position Chan, who joined the company in 2015, will lead Hymans Robertson on...

One in three single-employer trusts and one in five contract-based schemes expect to move into a master trust within the next five years, according to a survey conducted by Aon. The main...

Three quarters of default funds already have or plan to introduce within 12 months some sort of filtering, screening or tilting to their investment strategy to reflect environmental, social and governance (ESG)...