Master Trusts

More than two thirds of DC pension schemes - 69 per cent - say they expect to increase allocations to real assets over the next two years, an increase from from 51...

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued an update on lessons on dealing with cyber crime learnt from pension administrator Capita’s cyber security incident last year. In a report published today TPR says trustees should...

Phoenix Group saw an 80 per cent increase in new business net fund inflows in 2023, with £7bn placed with the provider and workplace pensions and savings through Standard Life almost doubling...

Workers Pension Trust has now been fully consolidated into the Cushon Master Trust, following its acquisition in June 2021.  This is the first time, since the master trust authorisation regime was introduced,...

Labour will launch a pensions review, give the regulator new powers to force consolidation and establish a British ‘Tibi’ investment fund to help DC schemes invest in UK growth assets, if it...

Pensions automatic enrolment has generally been a success, but there have been drawbacks too, one which has grabbed headlines recently being the proliferation of small pots. Different ways of resolving small pots...

Private market investments ‘may outperform public markets after costs’, says The Pensions Regulator in guidance published by the body today. The guidance, designed to help pension scheme trustees consider investing in private...

Until recently most of us have looked at life as being divided into three distinct phases: education, work and retirement. Today, we are living longer, and often healthier lives, with the likelihood...

For the past 19 years we’ve been reporting on women’s financial resilience in our industry-leading Women and Retirement Report. Over that time, we’ve highlighted the gender pension gap and how much worse...

Jit Parekh has joined Aon as a partner in its UK defined contribution (DC) team. Parekh joins from Schroders Solutions, where he initially headed the DC team and was responsible for both...