Master Trusts

Legislation that will give trustees greater powers to block potential ‘scam’ transfers may not go far enough, and could fail to flag up one in three scams, according to data from XPS. ...

Paul McBride has been named as chief operating officer of HSBC Retirement Services Limited (HRSL), the entity that is developing the HSBC Master Trust. McBride will be based in London and report to...

Smart Pension has partnered with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) to create a new AE pension solutions for architect practices.  After a staff consultation period, RIBA has also moved its...

Advisers are embracing modelling tools to calculate ‘safe’ drawdown withdrawal rates in preference of   older fixed rate methods according to new research.  Aegon found that around 38 per cent of advisers...

 Lincoln Pensions has launched a new scheme projection and risk modelling tool for trustees and sponsors. This new tool has been created ahead of The Pension Regulator’s new funding code of practices,...

Aegon has launched a financial wellbeing tool for employers to help employees understand the role mindset and money play in their financial wellbeing. The tool challenges users to consider key psychological factors that...

TPT Retirement Solutions, the workplace pensions provider with £13bn of assets, has set itself a 2050 net-zero target and has signed up to the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative. The Paris Aligned Investment...

HS Administrative Services has acquired Ascot Lloyd’s third-party administration book. Liverpool-based HS Admin is a long-established third-party administration specialist, offering administration, consulting and employee benefit services to defined benefit, defined contribution and other...

Trustees of pension schemes with assets over £5bn will have to meet new governance requirements from 1 October 2021, with Task force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reporting required within seven months thereafter....

New research aims to identify the barriers that prevent DC schemes accessing private markets and other illiquid investments.  The research was carried out by the Pensions Policy Institute among a range of...