Investment

SPONSORED COMMENT Many DC schemes are searching for ways to offer their members access to illiquid asset classes, but they face a number of hurdles to get there. So just how much...

With potentially better-than-stock market long-term returns for a fraction of the volatility, it’s not surprising that the question of introducing illiquids into defined contribution (DC) scheme is such a recurring theme. But the...

LifeSight master trust will invest almost $1bn (£734m) into a new climate transition index fund, which aims to rate individual companies on their ability to shift towards a low carbon economy. This fund...

All financial firms and FTSE-listed companies will be required to publish plans on how they plan to transition to net zero under proposed new rules from the Treasury. The plans, outlined at...

Aegon Asset Management has become the latest fund manager to sign up to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. Its parent company, Aegon NV has also signed up to the Net Zero...

DB pension scheme deficits continued to increase last month, driven by falling corporate bond yields and no let-up in inflation.  Mercer’s pensions risk survey shows that the scheme deficits of FTSE350 companies...

TPT Retirement Solutions will be investing £54m from its default fund into into private equity.  For investors at the growth stage, this means that 3.5 per cent of their funds are invested...

The Chancellor’s announcement of an increase in the charge cap for auto-enrolment pension schemes, above the current 0.75 per cent level, has been well-trailed.  The intention to encourage more pension money to...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a consultation on reforming the charge cap on DC workplace pensions in today’s Budget.  This charge cap is currently set at 0.75 per cent. In his budget...

Pensions dashboards are on target to launch in 2023, according to the latest progress report.  The Pension Dashboard Programme (PDP)  confirmed that the main focus of its work over the past six...