Mercer has earned the highest PRI ranking for its responsible investment strategy. The Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), which is supported by the UN, is an independent global body dedicated to promoting...
Technology that enables pension scheme members to vote on shareholder resolutions is being piloted by Legal & General Investment Management and is set for wider rollout due to the success of early...
The BT Pension Scheme - the UK’s largest company pension - will aim for its portfolio to be net zero, in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, by 2035. The new climate...
Retirement fintech provider Smart is launches its pensions business in the US today. Smart already offers a master trust in the UK, which now runs over 70,000 retirement plans on it. The...
Only a 1930s-style depression would have caused pension income to be cut under new collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes, according to new research from Aon. The pension consultancy said extensive analysis indicates...
The next pension misselling scandal will be centred around pension schemes' lack of action around climate change issues, and any schemes not targeting the Paris accord targeting limiting climate increase to 1.5...
The government is considering allowing trustees to ‘smooth’ performance charges over a longer time frame to help DC schemes invest in more illiquid assets, such as infrastructure. Speaking at Corporate Adviser’s virtual...
There is a growing expectation among pension experts that the government will introduce legislation to ensure larger scheme invest a proportion of assets in UK infrastructure. Such a move would be welcomed...
The Pension Policy Institute research paper on the sustainability of master trusts, made me ask two questions which I do not see addressed in the report. What about the customer? And why...
We’ve often been led to believe that pension scheme members are only interested in the return on their investment, not about how their money is invested. On the contrary, recent survey data...
