Master Trusts

The Pensions Regulator issued employers with fines of £23.1m in the last financial year for non-compliance with auto-enrolment duties, with one employer fined £350,000. In the year ended 31 March 2020, a...

The number of people retiring before age 65 has increased by more than 55,000 in the last four months, suggesting Covid-19 may be driving a rise in early retirement. Figures from the...

The time taken to transfer pensions during the coronavirus lockdown only increased marginally, despite the significant disruption to usual business operations.  Data collated by Origo show that during the second quarter of...

More than a third of FTSE250 companies will offer master trusts as their main pension vehicle within the next two years, according to a new report. Willis Towers Watson's annual DC pension...

Australian asset manager, Macquarie Investment Management, is launching into the UK workplace pensions market with its fee-free True Index strategy.  This strategy has been available to Australian DC schemes for 20 years....

Phoenix Group has launched a range of in-scheme drawdown options on its DC master trust, which follow the Government's proposed investment pathways. These options — which will be available for clients of...

Retirement incomes will be slashed if the Government follows Australia’s lead in allowing pension withdrawals for those left without income as a result of the financial crisis caused by Covid-19, the Organisation...

Benchmark the destination for DB transfers with low-cost auto-enrolment workplace pensions will not give the consumer protections the FCA hopes says LCP. The consultancy has questioned the logic of FCA rules requiring...

There’s a great Vietnam war movie called ‘We Were Soldiers’. Mel Gibson plays the commanding officer who states: “I will be the first to set foot on the field. I will be...

Real estate and emerging market government debt have both been introduced to Scottish Widows’ pension defaults following a strategic review of its asset allocation strategies that also sees currency hedging introduced. The...