A lack of engagement on pensions, poor scheme governance, and having multiple pensions pots may have as detrimental effect on retirement outcomes as high and opaque charging structures, according to a new...
Direct Line Insurance Group’s Mike Holliday-Williams will succeed Adrian Grace as CEO of Aegon UK when he retires after 10 years with the company. Holliday-Williams will join the company on October 1,...
The Pensions Regulator will prosecute the director of a professional trustee firm for failing to provide adequate information regarding 16 different pension schemes. Michael Woolley is both a director and shareholder in Southbank...
The Pensions Regulator is prosecuting a business owner for failing to give up-to-date pension information regarding the various companies he runs. TPR says there are allegations that staff working for Vincent Bootes...
Nest, Smart Pension, The People’s Pension and Universities Superannuation Scheme have all publicly backed the Cost Transparency Initiative as a means for improving costs and charges measurement. The four master trust providers...
XPS Pensions Group has promoted Ben Gold to the role of head of investment. The previous head of investment Patrick McCoy has been promoted to the new role of head of advisory...
Autoenrolment.co.uk Master Trust (Smart Pension) and the Lewis Workplace Pension Trust are the latest two master trusts to achieve authorisation, the Pensions Regulator has confirmed. This brings the total number of master trusts to...
LEBC Group has agreed with the FCA to stop advising on transfers out of defined benefit schemes, raising questions over adviser capacity to implement transfer exercises. A statement from LEBC says it...
Over the past couple of years, the number of pension schemes mentioning environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, when talking about their investment strategies, has rocketed. It’s arguably been the biggest topic...
An employer has been hit with a £350,000 fine for failing to fully comply with its pension duties, The Pensions Regulator has confirmed. The unnamed company, highlighted in TPR’s quarterly compliance and enforcement...
