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When will the pensions industry and, more importantly, its members, clients and customers get access to the pensions dashboard? The answer is not until 2023 at least. In October 2020, the Pensions...

Hybrid DB/DC schemes have “dodged a bullet” by avoiding being part of the new value for money (VFM) requirements, according to leading pension consultants. Talking at a panel debate about consolidation in...

With the approval of several Covid-19 vaccines and the implementation of vaccination programmes around the world, economies began to fire up again after a year in the doldrums. This has meant capital...

Consolidation in the DC sector is inevitable and should drive the scale to deliver the investments in infrastructure that savers need to fuel their returns, said former Tasmanian senator and architect of...

It is perhaps something of an understatement to say 2021 has been an exceptionally busy year for pensions policy.  Many of the policy changes being talked about, like pensions dashboards, will be...

The emergence of ‘green’ gilts could make other sovereign bonds less attractive to pension funds trying to meet their net-zero targets.  This was one of the points of discussed in a panel...

Most workplace pension savers want their default fund to be an ESG one, according to new research. Almost one in two savers (46 per cent) say these funds should look at sustainability...

Nest and UBS Asset Management have divested from five energy companies due to their lack of engagement around climate change. The largest is Exxon Mobil, with the four other companies being  Imperial...

The Association of Consulting Actuaries has attacked the regulators’ value for money in DC pensions consultation for not focusing on decumulation, arguing this is an area where significant value destruction can be...

It is almost 10 years since the start of auto-enrolment. Is it time to look again at how the industry can encourage better engagement with pensions? Engagement has been a perennial problem...