Investment

There was widespread support from the industry for the new value for money framework set out by the Department of Work & Pensions, The Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulator.  Many...

Across the workplace and pensions ecosystem, a new category of financial risk is gaining momentum and entering the mainstream. The recent COP30 marked the moment that nature became a financial variable, carrying...

Aviva Investors has boosted its specialist private markets team with three expernal appointments, including a new head of private markets equity.  Callem Fraser takes on this new role,  joining from Barings. Prior...

To date there has been a muted market response to US military action in Venezuela — which has seen its president Nicolas Maduro and his wife facing legal charges in New York...

Many in the industry may be wary of securitised debt arrangements, given the role that these bundled investments played in the global financial crisis.  But as the workplace pension sector looks to...

Aegon UK is including a more significant allocation to private markets within its second largest workplace default, the Aegon LifePath strategy.  This default strategy is used by more than 375,000 pension savers...

There’s no getting away from it, charges are going to go up across the board in the DC pensions market. The current dual or multiple default strategy is only going to last...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reviewing the rules around contract-based pensions to allow performance fees to be included outside of the 0.75 per cent charge cap. Some media outlets have reported...

Mercer's workplace savings solutions will invest £350m into private markets through a new bespoke LTAF run by Schroders.  This new LTAF will be the primary vehicle for private market investment for both...

The Pension Schemes Bill and Mansion House reforms mark a turning point for UK DC pensions, but is the drive to invest more in UK private markets matched by the potential opportunity...