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Hymans Robertson has promoted William Chan to the newly created role of head of DC investment. In this new position Chan, who joined the company in 2015, will lead Hymans Robertson on...

Three quarters of default funds already have or plan to introduce within 12 months some sort of filtering, screening or tilting to their investment strategy to reflect environmental, social and governance (ESG)...

AllianceBernstein has the largest number of individuals conducting ESG analysis, with 126 research analysts all considering ESG specifically, while BlackRock has the largest AUM of ESG assets, according to in-depth quantitative research...

Large pension schemes will be compelled to report on their climate change strategies under an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill published today. The PLSA has attacked the amendment as a dangerous...

The Cheviot Trust delivered the highest returns for savers in the pre-retirement phase, for those five years before state pension age, returning 10.6 per cent a year annualised before charges in the...

Now: Pensions, the master trust that has sat at the bottom of the workplace pension default performance tables for several years, delivered the sector’s strongest performance in the year to Q3 2019,...

Nest has reached £10bn assets under management (AUM) invested on behalf of more than 8.6 million members. The scheme has hit the £10bn mark in less than a decade, having been launched...

I have recently returned from two fact finding trips, to Australia and the US, meeting plan providers, fund managers, employers, other consultants, plan members and Nobel prize-winning economists. During each trip it...

Lots of providers are carrying out research on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. How is Royal London’s research different? We specifically wanted to understand where ESG features in employee thinking and...

The planned ban on contingent charging for pension transfers is due to come into force early next year yet the FCA has other significant measures up its regulatory sleeve. Six months after the...