This research, by master trust provider Welplan Pensions, revealed a fluid auto-enrolment landscape, with small and medium sized businesses looking to change their pension provider if returns were poorer than expected, or...
The FCA will lead the consultation on whether rules should be changed to allow defined contribution schemes to invest in new technology and infrastructure assets. This consultation was revealed in the Autumn...
State Street Global Advisors has launched a new global ESG ‘low carbon’ fund. This will be a passive fund, based on the MSCI low carbon index target index. This new launch is...
The pensions industry has welcomed the chancellor’s Budget announcement that it is to bring forward the ban on pensions cold-calling. This issue has been under discussion for a number of years. Although...
An estimated £6m of pension savers’ money was invested in exotic, high-risk investments which included eucalyptus farms, hotel rooms on an African island and car park bays. The TPR says such investments...
Johnson (pictured above) previously ran David Cameron’s Economic Competitive Policy Group and was instrumental in helping introduce the lifetime Isa in this role. He has also worked as a research fellow at...
His comments come as 30 of the UK’s largest companies - including HSBC and John Lewis - pledged to tackle climate change in support of the Government's ‘Green Great Britain Week’. To...
Interest in factor strategies has been growing ever since the global financial crisis, when investors saw that many traditional asset classes behaved in the same way in stressed market conditions. Since then, fund...
Lloyds Banking Group and Schroders have joined forced to create a new wealth management group. This joint venture allows Lloyds to access Schroders investment management expertise, while giving the fund manager access...
The Financial Conduct Authority and the Pensions Regulator have announced a joint regulatory strategy aimed at improving retirement outcomes for consumers. This will include a wide-ranging strategy review next year, which will...
