Master Trusts

It seems somehow fitting that Standard Life is now owned by Phoenix Group, given the regenerative powers of the mythical bird.  Standard Life is one of the oldest and most established names in...

Pressure is building on the capacity in the master trust industry to pitch for and onboard new clients - the winners are growing bigger and the losers are questioning their own independent...

Up to 35 million savers now have access to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's  retirement living standards through their pension scheme’s communications. The PLSA has revealed that 124 organisations are using this...

B&CE, the provider of The People’s Pension, has appointed Shakeel Ahmad as its new head of risk and performance.  Ahmad joins from  F&C/BMO Global Asset Management, where he was head of investment...

The regulator’s drive to consolidate the DC sector is making progress. Whether that progress is fast enough for the pensions minister will depend on the decisions made by employers, trustees and pension...

SPONSORED CONTENT Our four-step guide to new pension consolidation rules From 31 December 2021, new regulations come into force which require DC schemes to carry out extended value-for money assessments and report back on whether consolidation...

Anders Lundström, the chief executive of MinPension.se — the Swedish pensions dashboard — has first hand experience of the challenges ahead for the UK, as it develops its own dashboard initiative.  Although...

Standard Life has now switched 87,000 members savings through its master trust default, into a new sustainable default option. This is the first stage of its process to transfer all its existing...

Royal London’s Jamie Jenkins and Smart Pension’s Darren Philp are among six new members appointed to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's (PLSA) policy board. Formed in 2018 this policy board guides...

The People’s Pension has appointed Mark Condron to be the new chair of its trustee board. Condron, a fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and an accredited professional trustee, has...