DC

Pensions dashboards are on target to launch in 2023, according to the latest progress report.  The Pension Dashboard Programme (PDP)  confirmed that the main focus of its work over the past six...

UK pension schemes fund an estimated 330m tonnes of carbon emissions every year according to new research. This analysis, by the campaign group Make My Money Matter and research house Rote2, says...

Ahead of the COP26 climate change conference next week, Smart Pension has confirmed that 70 per cent of its master trust default fund is now in invested in portfolios that meet strict...

Schroders has bought River and Mercantile’s fiduciary management and derivatives business. The transaction is valued at about £230m. Schroders said this purchase of R&M’s UK Solutions Division will strengthen Schroders own fiduciary...

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has pointed the finger at defined benefit schemes for being behind the curve on climate transition. The asset managers says that the typical DB scheme is...

Cushon has launched a new investment strategy that has a 15 per cent allocation to private markets through Schroders, the biggest in the master trust sector, it says. The provider says its...

The Financial Conduct Authority has opened the door to wider DC investment in illiquid assets by setting out a new regulatory regime for long term asset funds.  In order to facilitate this...

Dividend payments from UK companies almost doubled in the third quarter of this year, according to the latest data from Link Group. However despite the focus on more sustainable investment strategies some...

Trust-based pension schemes will be required to publish their net-zero credentials under new metrics that will enable greater comparability of decarbonisation strategies. Published today ahead of next month’s COP26 conference in Glasgow,...

The government has today published its roadmap for ‘greening’ the financial services sector in the UK.  Key to this is the introduction of new sustainability disclosure requirements, which will incorporate and expand...