Challenges remain for pension schemes in the transition towards net zero, despite consensus across the industry that this is a right way to progress. Debating some of the potential pitfalls ahead at...
Demand for GPP schemes in workplace pensions has “stabilised”, after commission driven sales a decade ago, but these still remain popular options despite the rapid growth of master trusts. Debating the priorities...
During 2021 there has been the largest drawdown in total returns on long-dated US treasury bonds in the last 40 years. Talking to the Corporate Adviser Summit, Aviva Investors head of investment...
Asset managers engage with less than 20 per cent of their portfolio on climate change according to research from Redington. Research found that on average asset managers engage with around 20 per...
The government should make net zero targets mandatory for pension schemes if it is serious about tackling the climate emergency. This was the stark warning from Tony Burdon, chief executive of the...
Pension schemes need to ensure that attempts to decarbonise portfolios result in reduced carbon emissions in the real economy, according to Danielle Boyd, senior programme manager of Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change...
Phoenix Group will continue to invest in the Standard Life brand as it aims to grow in a number of key markets, including workplace pensions. Phoenix bought the Standard Life brand from...
Independent Governance Committees (IGCs) will be required to tell employers they should consider alternative providers if they believe the home provider is not giving them value for money (VFM), under new FCA...
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched its Sustainable DC Property Fund, valued at £238m, following a growing demand from DC schemes to access real assets and to include greater ESG...
The complex issue of small DC pension pots requires many solutions says The Small Pots Co-ordination Group, the body responsible for developing practical solutions to the proliferation of small deferred pension pots....
