Master Trusts

Long-term asset funds were first heralded by the then Chancellor Rishi Sunak in November 2020, as part of his plans for the post-Covid recovery — although much of the groundwork for these...

Mercer has partnered with technology provider EV to upgrade its pension modeller within its Mercer Money app, to provide a more holistic view of members’ retirement outlook.  EV will deliver DC pension...

More than one in four employees have never logged onto a website of phone app to check their workplace pension — according to new research.  This data shows the proportion of ‘pension...

Smart Pension has appointed the former chair of the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) Kim Gubler to be an independent trustee on its board.  Gubler has over 30 years’ experience in the...

The number of pension schemes with more than 5,000 members has remained static for the past year, according to the latest figures released by The Pensions Regulator, suggesting consolidation across the DC...

Now Pensions has appointed Martyn James to be its director of investment.  James joins from Mercer, where he was partner in the UK DC business and for a period led Mercer’s Wealth...

Nest has appointed Northern Trust to be its new fund administrator, coordinating the pension scheme’s investments across its diversified portfolio. Northern Trust has won the contract from State Street Corporation, the US...

The UK’s spending watchdog has blasted delays and rising costs in the implementation of the pensions dashboard project, blaming a lack of skills and ineffective governance. Costs have jumped by £54m, despite...

As more companies begin to review their master trust provider, the secondary master trust market is coming more into focus.  However, unlike the familiar single-employer trust to master trust market transition (with...

The Department for Work and Pensions’ value for money (VFM) framework promotes increased disclosure by providers across a wide range of metrics in a bid to drive improvements in defined contribution (DC)...