The Financial Conduct Authority has finalised rules which extend the role of Independent Governance Committees in workplace pensions. For the first time IGCs will be responsible for overseeing a pension’s provider approach...
Nest is testing more stringent environmental targets as a way to protect investors from the the risks posed by climate change. The UK’s biggest master trust, which looks after the pension of...
Hymans Robertson has advised on a £800m longevity swap for a FTSE100 pension scheme. Hymans Robertson said that it has negotiated the first “enhanced pass through structure” with Zurich, with the majority...
Smart Pension has been appointed as the preferred provider for Guernsey’s new auto-enrolled pension scheme. All employees living and working in Guernsey will be enrolled into the Your Island Pension Scheme in...
Trustees need to actively engage with impact investing if they want to deliver financial returns for members while meeting social and environmental targets, according to the latest report from Aon. However, rather...
Now: Pensions has been beset by a host of administrative problem during the rollout of auto-enrolment, leading to it requesting to be removed from The Pensions Regulator’s authorised master trust list, and...
Atlas has become one of the first master trusts in the UK to become a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). This £1.1bn master trust, of which Capita is the...
Maria Nazarova-Doyle is understood to be leaving Mercer to join Lloyds Banking Group to head up the pensions investment operations of Scottish Widows. Nazarova-Doyle, who joined Mercer when it acquired JLT Group...
A fourfold increase in the number of defined benefit bulk buy outs is expected over the next decade, according to latest industry figures. Mercer points out that by the end of this...
Pension contribution levels will have to increase if individuals are to enjoy the retirement income they currently expect. The programme of increases in auto-enrolment contributions has concluded and for now there are...
