Dale Critchley: Age old problem for CDC
Margaret Thatcher once claimed that “There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families”. Since then the collectivism of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes...
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DC schemes should increase exposure to alternative assets: PPI
The Pensions Policy Institute has published a new report, which examines in detail how DC pension schemes can increase their exposure to illiquid and alternative assets. This report sets out the various...
Welplan Pensions quits master trust sector
Welplan Pensions has exiting the master trust market, and will focus instead on its employee benefits business. Welplan says it is seeking a buyer for its pension pensions. It says this decision...
Standard drops GARS from default as it dials up risk
Standard Life is increasing the risk on its Active Plus and Passive Plus range of default funds, with risk profile 3 offering increasing its equity content by 5 per cent per cent....
Eleven master trusts ask for application extension
Eleven master trusts have asked the regulator for more time to submit their authorisation application, with the position of at least 18 more schemes uncertain. An update from the Pensions Regulator indicates...
Royal Mail given green light to launch CDC pension scheme
The Department of Work and Pension has approved plans for the Royal Mail to launch the UK’s first collective defined contribution (CDC) pension scheme. This confirmation was given in the DWP’s published...
Reasons to switch workplace pension provider
It was always widely predicted that the workplace pension reforms and accompanying changes to remuneration for advisers would bring a dramatic slowdown in the switching of schemes between providers. The question now...
Profile: PLSA chairman Richard Butcher on the importance of foresight
Chair of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, governor of the Pensions Policy Institute and MD of PTL, one of the most widely used professional independent trustees, Richard Butcher can accurately be described...
Workplace pensions must “radically rethink” communications strategy
These were the conclusions from a panel of experts at a recent Defined Contribution Investment Forum Event, which pointed out many UK savers were “disengaged and disillusioned with pensions, and financial services...
Welcome to the new website for DC pension performance data
Welcome to www.capa-data.com, the new interactive website designed to help pensions professionals and others better understand the performance, risk and broader strategy of DC pensions. The site allows you to view and compare the...
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