Master Trusts

The University of Oxford Pension Scheme is the latest master trust to gain authorisation from The Pensions Regulator.  This now brings the total number of master trusts authorised to 34.  Salvus Master...

The Queen’s Speech should include a “comprehensive” pensions bill, to pave the way for pensions dashboard, collective defined contribution pensions, as well as better treatment of non-taxpayers in auto-enrolment schemes.  Aegon’s pension...

While almost one in two people have changed their spending habits in the last year to be more “ethically aware”, only 12.6 per cent have asked where there pension is invested, according...

The issue of ‘value for money’ in workplace pensions will be a regulatory priority for the year ahead,  according to a presentation by the FCA at the Corporate Adviser Summit. The FCA’s...

The Pensions Regulator denied it has set the bar ‘too low’ after authorising 33 out of the 38 master trusts that have applied for authorisation.  Speaking at the Corporate Adviser Summit, Nick...

The Department of Work and Pensions is set to publish a consultation document next month on whether costs and charges should be included on members’ annual benefit statement.  Speaking at the Corporate...

BCF Pension Trust, the scheme for Plymouth Brethren, and The Carey Workplace Pension Trust are the two latest schemes to make it through the authorisation process, bringing the total number of authorised...

The People’s Pension will invest in a new “adaptive cap” index, designed to limit investment in the world’s largest companies. In most market capitalisation weighted indices, much of the invested money can...

Now: Pensions, the master trust that was beset with administration problems that saw it fail to collect £18m of contributions, has received authorisation from The Pensions Regulator today. Scottish Widows Master Trust...

Taking on more risk, embracing ESG and illiquids and achieving lower charges through scale could increase retirement pots by 16 per cent over a saver’s lifetime, according to a new report by...