Collective defined contributions schemes could be opened up as an option for master trusts, if the new Pension Schemes Bill becomes law. The Department of Work and Pensions has given further details...
The Woodford Equity Income fund is to be wound-up, with its beleagured manager, Neil Woodford, effectively sacked as manager. Link Asset Services, which runs the fund on Woodford’s behalf, made the decision....
A Pensions Schemes Bill has been included in the Queen’s Speech today, which lays out the legislative plans for the forthcoming parliamentary session. This bill includes legislation to enable the pensions dashboard...
The ‘S’ in environmental, social and governance (ESG) is complex to implement in investment strategies, particularly in relation to companies that pay little tax because they tend to be the most profitable,...
Nine out of 10 employees say they have been into work while ill, more than three times the number who will admit to ‘pulling a sickie’ according to new research. This survey...
The Queen’s Speech should include a “comprehensive” pensions bill, to pave the way for pensions dashboard, collective defined contribution pensions, as well as better treatment of non-taxpayers in auto-enrolment schemes. Aegon’s pension...
The asset manager AllianceBernstein is collaborating with leading scientists to develop new research on climate risk and investment performance. This research project will be run from Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Scientific experts...
The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has renewed calls for the forthcoming pension bill to enable a rise to AE contributions, DB pensions to be simplified and for legislation to be included...
While almost one in two people have changed their spending habits in the last year to be more “ethically aware”, only 12.6 per cent have asked where there pension is invested, according...
The issue of ‘value for money’ in workplace pensions will be a regulatory priority for the year ahead, according to a presentation by the FCA at the Corporate Adviser Summit. The FCA’s...
