New research suggests workplace pensions could boost returns by 10 per cent if they broadened the assets under management to include ‘illiquid alternatives’. This analysis was conducted by JLT Employee Benefits. It recommends...
Pension consultants LCP have appointed Dan Mikulskis as a new partner in the company’s investment team. In this new role Mikulskis will be lead on the development of projects for both DB...
Schroders has appointed a new ESG integration manager, to help it embed information on environmental, social and governance risk-factors across its investment teams. Schroders says this new appointment will help it better...
Pension experts have given a cautious welcome to new government plans to make it a criminal offence to “recklessly” underfund a workplace pension. The work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd says that...
The new STAR steering group - set up to effect improve the transfers of pensions and investments - has appointed Tom McPhail, the head of policy at Hargreaves Lansdown as its founding...
The Department of Work and Pension is consulting on proposals designed to encourage DC pension schemes to invest in a wider range of assets. Under these proposals trustees of larger occupational DC...
The Financial Conduct Authority has ordered asset managers to provide clearer information on fund objectives and benchmarks, to help improve competition in this sector. The new rules are a result of its...
Mercer has made a number of senior appointments at Jardine Lloyd Thompson, the consultancy group it acquired last year. These appointments cover both UK and Europe. There will be three new appointments...
The Financial Conduct Authority has called for pension providers to offer default investment pathways for those accessing drawdown services without advice. It is inviting the industry to consult on these recommendations, which...
A number of leading fund managers are predicting a “Brexit bounce” for UK markets, with much of the bad news already priced in. Investors could see both credit and equity markets rise,...
