Significant FTSE100 corporations' pension assets are producing seven times more carbon emissions than their respective businesses, according to a new analysis by Richard Curtis' climate finance campaign Make My Money Matter and...
Smaller schemes are paying charges that are more than 20 basis points higher on master trust pension arrangement - but this could change under new consumer duty regulations. This was one of...
The industry faces serious and difficult questions about the design of default glidepaths towards retirement, which have failed to protect savers or shelter them from volatility in current market conditions. Speaking at...
Returns from ‘green’ infrastructure are expected to fall in the near term, and are likely to be below returns available on traditional infrastructure - which may have a far higher carbon footprint....
Pension provider Cushon will utilise the new Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF) structure when it launches much vaunted private market portfolio early next year. It is understood that it will be one...
The pension investments of major FTSE 100 companies finance seven times more carbon emissions than their sponsoring UK companies, according to the latest data from Make My Money Matter and Scottish Widows....
Trustees may need to evaluate fund performance and objectives in light of the major movements in financial markets after last week’s ‘mini budget’. Ross Trustees trustee director Pavan Bhardwaj says there have...
The majority of asset managers agree that it should be mandatory for companies to report both their direct greenhouse gas emissions and those related to electricity use — known as Scope 1...
The negative market reaction to last week’s ‘mini’ budget is impacting both DB and DC pension schemes. One of the biggest impact has come from the surge in gilt yields, which is...
The new chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng reformed the pension charge cap in his inaugural ‘mini’ Budget, to encourage pension schemes to invest in infrastructure assets and less liquid private markets. Announcing plans to...
