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,...
Larger occupational pension schemes and master trusts could be compelled to improve reporting over climate change risks, under proposals published by the Department of Work and Pensions today. In its consultation paper...
Complying with new dashboard regulations could cost pension schemes and providers millions, according to new research. Pension consultants LCP say that despite government assurance to the contrary, there may be significant costs...
We accept all employers without filtering or underwriting. But being in this position, we have a frighteningly clear picture of the growing issue of small deferred pots – which are estimated to...
