Master Trusts

Legal & General has extended its lead as the biggest UK DC pensions provider, growing its assets to £98.8bn by the end of June 2020, up 14 per cent year on year,...

The Aviva Master Trust Trustees is adopting the ESG-integrated My Future Focus as the standard default investment strategy for the Aviva Master Trust The scheme’s trustees’ have formulated their own set of...

Phoenix Group is launching a new ESG DC default solution for Standard Life schemes that tilts up green technology solutions by 50 per cent and reduces carbon intensity down by the same...

Phoenix Group has become a signatory to the UN-supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), confirming its commitment to including environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in investment decision making and ownership. As at...

One in two pension professional are concerned that  trustees’ fiduciary duties are hindering their ability to address climate change effectively. These surprising results were in a poll taken at a resent XPS...

Aon has published a new guide to help improving understanding of diversity and inclusion considerations among pension scheme trustees and members.  This paper looks at how these issues can impact decision making...

Paul Bucksey will become the new managing director of Smart Pension workplace business.  This appointment comes as part of a reorganisation of the business which sees Smart separate out its platform business...

Rumours that the chancellor will look to reduce higher rate tax relief on pensions, to help make cost savings in a post Covid environment, have surfaced again.  There has been speculation that...

An at-retirement collective DC structure could deliver sustainable income 57 per cent higher than can be achieved through income drawdown and 49 per cent more than an annuity, according to figures from...

Trustees and IGCs will have an increasingly important role to play in the DC pension sector to ensure good outcomes for members.  This was one of the main conclusions of a Q&A...