Trustees should actively consider how to increase investment in less liquid assets and pension consultants should endorse their efforts to do so and integrate allocations to less liquid assets into their recommendations,...
A product claiming to be the UK’s first app-based hybrid auto-enrolment and personal pension has been launched by a team operating through Oxford University’s start-up incubator. Called Collegia Pension, the product is...
Workplace pensions enjoyed a massive rebound in the year to 31.3.21, with younger savers in the Aegon Master Trust’s Flexipath and the Ensign defaults up 45.3 per cent, while the Corporate Adviser...
Smart Pension has appointed former Mercer DC investment strategist James Lawrence as head of investment proposition. Lawrence will develop and lead investment strategy for the Smart Pension Master Trust, which has £1.8bn...
The government says it will legislate to facilitate master trust and decumulation-only collective DC (CDC) schemes as it today publishes draft rules for single employer and connected multi-employer arrangements. Pensions minister Guy Opperman...
James Fouracre has been appointed head of distribution for the HSBC Master Trust. The master trust, which was authorised in 2019, is offered by HSBC Retirement Services Limited (HRSL), part of HSBC...
ClearGlass, the company founded by transparency campaigner Professor Chris Sier, is extending its cost and performance benchmarking proposition to the asset management industry. The service will enable users to identify which asset...
Low earners should be entitled to continue receiving auto-enrolment employer pension contributions even if they cancel their own contributions due to hardship, says Scottish Widows. The call comes as the provider has...
SPONSORED CONTENT Pensions are a terrific employee benefit provided by employers – but not all staff have fully grasped their worth or necessarily made the link as to why they personally need...
A deeper understanding of the specific behavioural characteristics of individual employees can support efforts to improve their financial wellbeing. That way, interventions have a better chance of connecting with individuals’ intrinsic motivations...
