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SPONSORED COMMENT Many DC schemes are searching for ways to offer their members access to illiquid asset classes, but they face a number of hurdles to get there. So just how much...

With potentially better-than-stock market long-term returns for a fraction of the volatility, it’s not surprising that the question of introducing illiquids into defined contribution (DC) scheme is such a recurring theme. But the...

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has pointed the finger at defined benefit schemes for being behind the curve on climate transition. The asset managers says that the typical DB scheme is...

Cushon has launched a new investment strategy that has a 15 per cent allocation to private markets through Schroders, the biggest in the master trust sector, it says. The provider says its...

The revolution in the master trust sector has continued its seemingly relentless progress despite the pandemic.  The big drivers remain political and regulatory pressure to improve standards and offer better value for...

Independent Governance Committees (IGCs) will be required to tell employers they should consider alternative providers if they believe the home provider is not giving them value for money (VFM), under new FCA...

The Government should continue to support the development of green gilts to mitigate the risk of a green asset bubble as big-scale investors move assets to net-zero strategies, says an influential committee...

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...