The burden of pension cost regulation is disproportionately falling on master trusts, according to new analysis. The People’s Pension claims pensions regulation is “unfairly” subsidised by master trusts. It says that the...
Before freedom and choice, the workplace pensions landscape was considerably more predictable than it is today. Employers who offered a defined benefit arrangement would pay their employees a scheme pension on their retirement....
Twice as many women don’t know how much they have in pension savings when compared to men, according to new research. This lack of engagement, combined with lower annual earnings and higher...
Today’s pension savers are in danger of ‘sleepwalking’ into retirement without proper advice or support according to a new industry report. The DC Investment Forum’s report for 2019, takes an in-depth look...
Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is stepping up its activities in the UK DC market and has today been appointed manage a segregated, global corporate bond mandate for Nest. WFAM won a...
Fintech company and Master Trust provider Smart Pension has formed a strategic partnership with Link Group, a leading administrator in the Australian superannuation industry. As part of this deal Link will take...
Product providers need to address growing demand for more socially responsible investment (SRI) options within workplace pensions. Corporate adviser Chase de Vere says there is demand from both employers and employees for...
Pension schemes could make cost savings of up to 20 per cent by switching to a master trust, according to new actuarial research. Analysis by Hymans Robertson showed that savings could be...
Salvus Master Trust has been authorised by The Pensions Regulator, the final existing master trust to make it through the process. The FCA Pension Plan also received authorisation today, bringing the total...
Supertrust UK, the master trust which has enjoyed the highest returns in the master trust sector over the last five years, has withdrawn from the master trust authorisation process. The scheme’s trustees...
