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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...

SPONSORED CONTENT When the $1 trillion Norwegian government sovereign fund lost almost a quarter of its value in the financial crisis, it turned not to passive managers but to factor funds. The...

Nest has announced its third private credit mandate to a new fund manager, appointing BNP Paribas Asset Management to source diversified global loans. Nest plans to commit around £500m across its private...

Aegon is launching personalised video statements that give real-time information to members on demand and via communication programmes and prompt them to take actions to take control of their savings. The provider...

ShareAction, the environmental campaign group, has launched a new digital platform to educate and engage pension savers as to how their retirement savings are invested.  One of the key aims fo this...

Almost one in two savers (42 per cent) are worried that their pension funds will fall as a result of Brexit, according to new research. In contrast just 4 per cent of...

Taking on more risk, embracing ESG and illiquids and achieving lower charges through scale could increase retirement pots by 16 per cent over a saver’s lifetime, according to a new report by...

The issue of pension scheme governance has risen up the policy agenda dramatically in recent years driven primarily by the establishment and expansion of auto-enrolment. The extra scrutiny involved has seen both the...

From the start of October 2019, trustees overseeing auto-enrolment defined contribution schemes will be obliged, by law, to give due consideration to a greater number of factors that may impact the performance...

Nest is broadening the range of assets within its target date default funds with an investment of up to £500m in illiquid private credit and has applied to the FCA to create...