Master Trusts

Group personal pension plans (GPPs) and master trusts have both had their periods in the spotlight in recent years. Structurally, there are deep differences between the two approaches, but as part of...

A voluntary pensions target described as the Living Wage’s little brother is being launched today, creating a new contribution benchmark to ensure adequate retirement income for workers. The Living Pension has been...

Pensions experts are reacting to the opportunities and complexities thrown up by the Chancellor’s abolition of the LTA, with a £9m pension pot now a potential reality and recycling made easier, but...

The government will publish a consultation on unlocking capital from defined contribution (DC) pension schemes in the Autumn Statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed today in his Budget speech. Citing the government-supported bail-out...

Tax-free cash will not be given assets above the current £1,073,100 lifetime allowance, for the first time breaking the principal that 25 per cent of all pension assets can be paid out...

The runners and riders for the provider categories of the Corporate Adviser Awards 2022 have been announced (see below), as the countdown to the awards ceremony on Thursday 29th June begins. Providers...

Standard Life has won 76 new workplace pension schemes over the last year, helping boost profits at its parent company Phoenix Group. Phoenix’s annual report and accounts revealed it has been buoyant...

The golden years of 30 per cent returns may be over, but there is still a lot to attract UK DC pension schemes to infrastructure investments says Frédéric Blanc-Brude, director at EDHECinfra,...

We are now over a decade on from auto enrolment in the UK. In many respects, it has been a resounding success. Nearly 9 in 10 eligible employees now save into workplace...

Conservative MP Anthony Browne has brought a Ten-Minute Rule Bill in Parliament today, proposing that employees be given the right to choose their own pension plan and have their employer pay into...