Master Trusts

HSBC is believed to be on the verge of re-entering the workplace pensions market with the launch of a master trust proposition. The global bank is understood to be recruiting trustees for...

Workplace pension provider The People’s Pension is to cut its annual management charge for members with larger pension pots. At present the master trust provider applies a flat 0.5 per cent annual...

Nest has unintentionally been overstating its annualised investment performance by 0.3 per cent, presenting returns as net when they should have been presented as gross. The error, which the provider has recently...

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has confirmed that Willis Towers Watson's LifeSight has become the first master trust authorised under new laws to implement tougher standards in the market. Master trust authorisation was...

Service levels, a provider contact, digital capability, price and M&A are the five factors driving an increase in switching that Aviva says has led to a near-doubling of enquiries from employers looking...

The armaments sector is more likely to be excluded from default funds operating an ESG approach than the fossil fuel sector, according to an indepth report, ESG in DC Pensions, from Corporate...

Cardano Group, the pensions risk and investment management specialist, has today bought master trust provider Now: Pensions Ltd from Danish pension fund Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP), almost a year to the week that...

Punter Southall Aspire has been appointed by Ensign to provide advice on retirement options to its master trust members.  As part of this deal Punter Southall Aspire will offer both generalised retirement...

An accounts manager who attempted to conceal the fact that restaurants had not given their staff workplace pensions has been ordered to pay £5,000. Bradford-based Mansoor Nasir submitted false declarations of workplace...

JP Morgan has taken a stake in workplace pensions provider Smart Pension, bringing its total funds raised to date to £50m. The deal sees JP Morgan global head of retirement solutions Anne...