Standard Life is to start switching its existing workplace default funds into more sustainable investment strategies. This process, which will phased in over 2022, will see changes made to the pension funds...
Traditional messages around not saving enough for retirement are not working, and the industry needs to find new ways to engage people, according to Cushon head of workplace savings Danny Meehan. Meehan...
A simplified advice regime could leave advisers and providers open to future mis-selling claims, and may not solve the problems in the at-retirement market, warned Syndaxi Financial Planning director Robert Reid. One...
People want to know how their pension affects the world on a social and non-financial level and do not just want to focus on their financial performance, according to Scottish Widows master...
The effects of climate change are becoming more palpable, and various stakeholders – including non-governmental organisations, investors, and communities – are increasingly turning towards climate litigation. Consequently, the number of climate change-related...
When will the pensions industry and, more importantly, its members, clients and customers get access to the pensions dashboard? The answer is not until 2023 at least. In October 2020, the Pensions...
Hybrid DB/DC schemes have “dodged a bullet” by avoiding being part of the new value for money (VFM) requirements, according to leading pension consultants. Talking at a panel debate about consolidation in...
With the approval of several Covid-19 vaccines and the implementation of vaccination programmes around the world, economies began to fire up again after a year in the doldrums. This has meant capital...
Consolidation in the DC sector is inevitable and should drive the scale to deliver the investments in infrastructure that savers need to fuel their returns, said former Tasmanian senator and architect of...
It is perhaps something of an understatement to say 2021 has been an exceptionally busy year for pensions policy. Many of the policy changes being talked about, like pensions dashboards, will be...
