Master Trusts

Pension firms have been given a deadline of August 2023 to have data ready for the launch of pensions dashboards. The majority of firms will need to supply member data to the...

Hot on the heels of employers becoming able to set up Collective DC (“CDC”) pension schemes for their employees, the DWP has said they will consult by the end of 2022 on...

Now Pensions has become one of the first master trusts to publish its Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report. This mandatory report, covering the period 1 October 2021 to 31...

From real consolidation of master trusts (not simply conglomerating, with existing cost structures), to bringing global knowledge to the UK market, handling cyber security out of the box and scaling from zero...

A third of members are now calling for workplace defaults to offer investment options with positive ESG impacts, according to the latest DC master trust report by Hymans Robertson. Although many default...

As auto-enrolment passes its 10th birthday, we have an opportunity to look to the future and see the impact it is likely to have on future generations of retirees. Overall, we’re in...

Aon has appointed Kim Nash of Zedra Governance to be the new chair of its master trust board.  At the same time, Aon has also appointed Keith Scott of Law Debenture to...

It has been a remarkable three weeks in the world of politics, economics, sterling and gilt markets and pensions with events from each sphere having a profound effect on all the others....

Members of defined contribution (DC) pension funds in their 50s or 60s, are even more at risk than those in DB schemes: Members of DC schemes, especially if they are in lifestyle...

Smart Pension has acquired Ensign Master Trust, its eighth acquisition since launch. The Ensign Master Trust has £158m in assets, and runs the workplace pensions for 5,100 members across 62 employers. It...