Investment

Nest, the UK’s largest master trust pension, has confirmed it will disinvest from all tobacco stocks over the next two years.  It currently has a £40m exposure to this industry through its...

The Transparency Task Force has appointed Bobby Riddaway as its new ambassador.  Riddaway is current a senior investment consultant at Capital Employee Solutions. In his new role he will be working with...

More than seven out of 10 DC scheme members want to see responsible or ethical investment strategies within their default fund, according to new research. The survey, by Invesco Perpetual, found that...

Employers need to do more to educate workers about their pension benefits in order to tackle problems of under-saving for retirement.  Wealth at work, a specialist provider of financial guidance in the...

The Association of Consulting Actuaries has given support for government proposals to allow first-time buyers to use pension funds for a deposit, despite widespread criticism from elsewhere in the pension industry. These...

Those looking to host a successful dinner party are commonly advised to avoid discussing sex and politics in the dining room. For events where the diners are predominantly corporate pensions experts, hosts...

Housing minister James Brokenshire has proposed a change to pension rules which would allow younger savers  to use these funds to help them onto the housing ladder. In a speech to the...

Ascot Lloyd is the latest master trust provider to confirm that it is exiting the sector. The provider confirmed that it will be winding down the scheme.  It said trustees are at...

A Boris Johnson premiership would lead to a recession, fall in the value of the pound and a spike in inflation, according to predictions from Schroders' economics experts. The asset manager has...

The new Cost Transparency Initiative - designed to make it easier for pension schemes to compare fund charges - has launched its first set of machine-readable standardised cost templates. These new templates...