Defaults

Perhaps the greatest risk to pension scheme trustees and members is the low rate future currently being carved out. It is odd to suddenly be talking about low rates when they’ve been...

Just 17 per cent of employers are using video conferencing for pension surgeries despite increased home working, research from Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing has shown. The research, which was conducted in...

Legal & General has extended its lead as the biggest UK DC pensions provider, growing its assets to £98.8bn by the end of June 2020, up 14 per cent year on year,...

The Aviva Master Trust Trustees is adopting the ESG-integrated My Future Focus as the standard default investment strategy for the Aviva Master Trust The scheme’s trustees’ have formulated their own set of...

Phoenix Group is launching a new ESG DC default solution for Standard Life schemes that tilts up green technology solutions by 50 per cent and reduces carbon intensity down by the same...

Phoenix Group has become a signatory to the UN-supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), confirming its commitment to including environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in investment decision making and ownership. As at...

£100bn has been wiped off the value of index linked gilts and other RPI-linked assets by the Chancellor’s decision to dump the retail price index in favour of CPIH, says Hymans Robertson....

The pensions industry gave a cautious welcome to comments by the Bank of England governor indicating support for looser regulations to enable DC schemes to invest in illiquid infrastructure and property assets....

Willis Towers Watson is calling for trustees to refocus priorities in order unlock “real ESG action” in UK pensions. The consultancy firm says spending an additional eight hours a year focused on...

As trillions of dollars flow into sustainable investments and high-carbon assets are written down by oil companies, environmental, social and governance (ESG) themes are influencing investment decisions on an ever-increasing scale and...