Master Trusts

After contribution levels, investment performance is arguably the biggest determinant of outcomes in retirement for today’s DC savers. That performance will to a large extent be determined by the asset allocation decisions...

Hard working people doing the right thing and saving for their futures want to know that their pension scheme is safe and well run. Clearly, that is the least they should expect....

The research, which analyses the investment returns, volatility and asset allocation strategy of default funds through growth, derisking and immediately pre-retirement, found that investors five years from state retirement age saw average...

Smart Pension Limited, which runs the Autoenrolment.co.uk master trust, failed to tell The Pensions Regulator (TPR) that 498 employers had failed to pay contributions that were due. Smart Pension also didn’t inform the pension scheme...

The Pension Regulator is actively supporting – if not quite championing - pension scheme consolidation for both DB and DC pensions. For DB the aim is to increase the financial resilience of...

Matthews is a professional independent trustee and is currently chair of the Royal Mail Pension Plan, the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme, the Siemens Benefit Scheme, the Vodafone Group Pension Scheme and the...

Wide variations in performance, risk, charges and attitude to environmental, social and governance factors are making life increasingly complicated for workplace advisers recommending schemes. As the DC market evolves, the range of...

The provider is backing the resolution filed by Dutch investor group Follow This and UK responsible investment charity ShareAction which asks Shell to set greenhouse gas intensity targets. Nest is not a...

Clutterbuck joined Now in 2016 as CFO, and has previously held a number of key roles over a 15-year career with Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group including CFO UK employee benefits and commercial...