Broadstone has appointed Christopher Rice as a senior actuarial director in its Bristol office. Rice has over 20 years of experience working with UK pension schemes and joins from Capita where he...
Today the number of single-employer DC trust schemes in existence is already less than half that of a decade ago, yet TPR data shows more than £33bn remains outside authorised master trusts,...
Defined contribution (DC) pension schemes are being encouraged to invest in a more diverse range of long-term assets, including illiquid products such as venture capital and green infrastructure, through proposals published by...
Trustees of sub-£100m single-employer defined contribution (DC) schemes will be forced to consolidate if they are assessed as not giving good value to members, under draft rules proposed by the Department for...
Smart, the provider behind the Smart Pension Master Trust, has today announced Jamie Fiveash as UK chief executive officer (CEO), following recent changes in roles for Andrew Evans and Will Wynne to...
Scottish Widows has bolstered its master trust team and board with the appointment of David Butcher, Gerald Wellesley and Sharon Bellingham. Butcher, who joins Scottish Widows from Legal & General’s Master Trust,...
Employee benefits service WorkLife has partnered with Smart Pensions to offer workplace pensions to the suite of products available on its digital platform. WorkLife offers a range of services to small businesses,...
Trustee boards have adapted well during the Covid crisis and have embraced new ways of working and meeting according to Aon. However the professional services firm says there has been an increased...
Three quarters of DC and DB pension schemes believe they will be ready to join the pensions dashboards initiative provided they have two years to prepare, a Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association...
The cost of running the four biggest master trusts in the UK is £200m a year and costs across the master trust sector will rise to around £1bn a year by 2035,...
