Master Trusts

The Pension Protection Fund will use Aviva Master Trust to provide a DC solution for its hybrid schemes.  This new partnership was announced by the pensions lifeboat scheme, which protects DB benefits...

Member engagement has always been important, could you summarise why it’s arguably even more important now than ever? With the last few years being one of the toughest economic climates in decades...

Isio has been named as investment adviser to the Scottish Widows Master Trust as its investment adviser, replacing Barnett Waddingham which was its adviser last year. Selected by the trustees through a...

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...