Smart Pension has launched three new sustainable lifestyle strategies with different growth fund options. Alongside its default offering — the Smart Sustainable Growth Fund — it is also now offering the Smart...
Thousands of savers approaching retirement in September saw devastating falls in their fund value in the year to state pension age or their stated retirement age, with the average at-retirement default down 9.08...
The Pensions Regulator has called on trustees to strengthen the governance and oversight of DC schemes to ensure savers in lifestyle schemes are in strategies consistent with their investment objectives. In a guidance...
Default pathways into retirement need to deliver on multiple fronts. Members will always want a combination of high income, flexibility of withdrawals, death benefits, simplicity and trust. They also want protection against...
The transition from a defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) model means workplace pension savers transitioning into retirement face a confusing, risky and uncertain future. The market volatility of the Truss/Kwarteng era and a more fundamental change...
Employees have £1 saved in workplace Isas for every £500 saved in defined contribution pensions, with corporate Isa savings now standing at £800m, according to figures from Corporate Adviser Intelligence’s Workplace Savings...
Member outcomes, master trust consolidation and sustainable investment strategies will continue to be a key focus for the DC sector in the year ahead according to Hymans Robertson. The pension consultancy firm...
In November last year, amid great uncertainty regarding the pandemic, in the pensions industry a small but significant announcement was made by the Pensions Regulator (TPR). Clara Pensions, the UK’s first commercial consolidator...
One in five pension savers have either stopped or reduced their pension contributions in the last twelve months and a further 20 per cent are considering doing so over the coming months, according...
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has appointed FCA governance executive director Nausicaa Delfas as its new chief executive, replacing Charles Counsell's decision to step down. Delfas, who will start in the role at...
