Investment

Why should DC pension schemes be looking at private markets? First and foremost because this is an asset class that should deliver better outcomes for pension savers. There are a lot of...

Phoenix Group has hired Cecile Retaureau as its new head of private markets. In this new role Retaureau will lead Phoenix’s team of 16 professionals investing in property, infrastructure, public finance, corporate...

Now Pensions has appointed Martyn James to be its director of investment.  James joins from Mercer, where he was partner in the UK DC business and for a period led Mercer’s Wealth...

Schroders Greencoat has secured £170 million from the Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF) into its UK private markets fund, Greencoat Renewable Income LP (GRI). The commitment raises GRI to £1.35 billion, with...

The Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London (Saul), with around £3 billion in assets under management, has become the first UK pension scheme to adopt pass-through voting for both its DC...

Nest has appointed Northern Trust to be its new fund administrator, coordinating the pension scheme’s investments across its diversified portfolio. Northern Trust has won the contract from State Street Corporation, the US...

The UK’s spending watchdog has blasted delays and rising costs in the implementation of the pensions dashboard project, blaming a lack of skills and ineffective governance. Costs have jumped by £54m, despite...

Healthcare and flexible/hybrid working (43%) are deemed the most valuable benefits for multinational companies’ employee value propositions, given a high rating by 61 per cent and 43 per cent respectively, according to...

DC providers added £113bn in 2023, an increase of 25.5 per cent, with Aviva retaining its position as the biggest bundled DC provider, with assets of £110.6bn, up £15bn on the previous...

Higher illiquid allocation led to lower returns last year, according to a survey of returns of fiduciary managers operating across the UK pensions sector.  XPS Pensions Group’s survey found a significant gap...