Master Trusts

The Investment Association has published guidelines for the new green gilts the Government is planning to launch this year to tackle climate change, fund infrastructure projects and create green jobs. The IA...

Mercer has appointed Dianne Day of Independent Trustee Services to the Mercer Master Trust board, where she will join the administration and communications committee, working alongside the committee lead, Lisa Mundy. Day...

The latest data shows that stocks and indices with higher ESG ratings have continued to outperform non-ESG counterparts, across different markets and timescales. CLICK TO VIEW ALL THE VIDEOS FROM ALL THE...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a consultation to understand how occupational pension scheme trustees fulfil their duty to assess social factors in their stewardship activities, following ministerial concerns...

The US faces structural, legal and political challenges if it wants its workplace pensions to embrace the ESG strategies that are starting to become more widely adopted in the UK and Europe....

Pension schemes are failing to take into account the mortality impact of Covid-19, and could be overestimating liabilities by up to 3.5 per cent, according to XPS.  Its Covid-19 Impact Analytics provides...

Mercer has appointed Niall Alexander as its new senior DC investment consultant.  Alexander, who joins from River and Mercantile Solutions, will advise clients on strategic investment issues. In this role he will...

Investment consultants and pension advisers need to commit to “Paris-aligned” net-zero advice when recommending workplace pensions,  products and services, according to Make My Money Matter CEO Tony Burdon. CLICK TO VIEW ALL...

Asset managers need to look at a wide range of emerging issues alongside climate change in order to develop an effective ESG strategy. CLICK TO VIEW ALL THE VIDEOS FROM ALL THE...

The UK is leading the way on ESG-driven legislation within the pension industry, according to minister for pensions and financial inclusion Guy Opperman. CLICK TO VIEW ALL THE VIDEOS FROM ALL THE...