Master Trusts

In recent decades, individual investors have had a reasonable choice of options certainly in terms of mutual funds and retail pensions. One oft-cited milestone in the UK was the launch of the Friends...

  Half of us (50%) feel overwhelmed by the amount of information on pensions, and 4 in 10 don’t know what to do with it all, according to Standard Life’s Retirement Voice...

Millions of savers have been brought into the pension system thanks to a successful auto-enrolment strategy that has relied on the power of inertia. But while workplace defaults have proved to be...

Against a backdrop of economic turbulence marked by inflation, surging interest rates, volatile market fluctuations, and unexpected changes to the lifetime allowance in the Budget, the landscape of defined contribution (DC) decumulation...

Smart Pension has acquired Evolve Pensions, owner of the £750m Crystal master trust. The master trust sector has seen considerable consolidation in recent years and this latest deal, which had been expected...

Having a financial wellbeing strategy could go a long way to helping employees feel better about their finances. Not only that, it can have a positive impact on employers too. People’s financial...

There are a ‘worryingly low’ proportion of trustees engaging with guidance on pensions, according to the government, which launched a call for evidence today on the best way to drive up standards...

Nest looks set to deliver a wider range of decumulaton options for members after receiving government and industry backing for this course of action. This follows a DWP call for evidence on...

Are your clients looking to build both a financial and employee wellbeing strategy into their business? Combining the two can be a more effective way of delivering a holistic benefits package. Employee...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned that underperforming DC pension schemes face being closed down by regulators, in a move that will see the UK workplace pension landscape emulate that in Australia. In...