With both The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) turning the heat up on workplace pensions, the issue of value for money has never been higher up the agenda. As...
In the ever-elusive search for diversification that doesn’t sacrifice liquidity, UK defined contribution plans are increasingly seeking out liquid alternative solutions. With investment costs as a key battle ground, the emphasis for...
Collective DC risks being misunderstood and is not a solution to the problem of stressed DB schemes, but its introduction could improve standards of workplace pension provision, a survey of Pensions Management...
Smart Pensions head of operations Michael Watkins has been named as the chair of Pensions Administration Standards Association’s (PASA), newly formed DC Governance Working Group. The independent pensions administration body has today...
Barnett Waddingham is appointing former Mercer principal Andy Parker to a national role in its workplace health and wealth team. Parker joins as a national DC consultant after 10 years at Mercer...
Millions of savers in auto-enrolment default funds are experiencing significantly lower levels of risk-adjusted return because of the wide variance in structure of master trust and life office investment strategies, Corporate Adviser...
The Work and Pensions select committee is launching a new inquiry into defined ambition pension schemes, which were legislated for but not fully implemented in 2015. The inquiry will consider whether collective...
DC pension providers should be required to offer savers the option to invest in a government-backed investment vehicle, akin to the French ‘Solidarity Investment Fund, and will get tax relief beyond their...
SEI is appointed former Vanguard defined contribution head Steve Charlton as DC managing director (EMEA & Asia). Charlton leaves his former role at Vanguard where he was European DC proposition manager, and...
Pooling DC assets, improving scheme governance, greater use of fiduciary management and increasing exposure to alternatives could boost pension pots by up to 62 per cent, a report by the Pension Policy...
