Master Trusts

Former pensions minister Steve Webb called for the Treasury to relax rules which could act as a barrier to people seeking to rebuild their pensions when the current Covid-19 crisis is over....

The Pensions Regulator is suspending regulatory initiatives but says employers must continue contributing into pension schemes, as the Government puts the UK on lockdown. The regulator says DB benefits will need to...

Number one for new business is a daunting target in the highly competitive world of workplace pensions. Four years in to his tenure as Scottish Widows chief executive Antonio Lorenzo believes he will...

The Pensions Regulator declined to comment on whether discussions were taking place about the possibility of firms taking a pension holiday to help ease financial burdens during the coronavirus pandemic. However TPR...

Aon has warned trustees that they need to get to grips with virtual meetings to ensure business continuity for pension schemes during this period of upheaval. With coronavirus causing serious health problems...

Why is there so much focus on ESG at the moment? ESG has definitely passed a tipping point over the last 12 months, with everyone talking about it now and lots of...

The Pensions Climate Risk Industry Group (PCRIG) has launched a consultation on the new guidance it is publishing for  trustees. This guide is designed to help trustees meet existing legal obligations, when it...

The industry has welcomed the chancellor’s announcement that there will be a 'call for evidence' into pensions tax relief administration, which will cover the ‘net pay anomaly’. However, some providers have called...

Smart Pension has acquired Welplan Pensions Master Trust. Welplan currently provides pensions for around 1,800 employers and has 55,000 individual members in its master trusts, with aggregate funds of around £200m. However last...

Corporate Adviser editor John Greenwood was grilled by a panel of MPs over concerns pension freedoms could lead to massive leakage of tax as individuals flush salary through pensions, avoiding huge levels...