Pensions

I’ve been waiting for a while for anyone to come up with a good argument as to why introducers – particularly those that intervene on DB pension transfers – should not be banned....

 As  with  several other regulatory initiatives, the implementation of investment pathways has been delayed due to Covid-19. The reform had been due to come into force in August, which would have meant investors following...

Never, when I used to do face-to-face pitches, would I ever have been interrupted by a rabbit – that’s just been one of the many challenges of the new virtual pitching environment in...

Salvus Master Trust has today announced that it has been selected as the replacement default scheme for the Ascot Lloyd Pension Trust. This master trust which was set up in 2010 exited...

Dalriada Trustees - one of the UK’s largest independent trustee firms - has appointed with Minerva Analystics to asses asset managers’ ESG and stewardship records.  As part of this partnership Minerva will...

XPS Pensions Group has appointed Paul Armitage as the new head for its master trust, The National Pension Trust.  Armitage, who was formerly head of distribution at NPT replaces Dave Hodges who...

Scottish Widows is investing £2bn from its pension portfolios into BlackRock’s new Climate Transition World Equity Fund.  This is the first investment into this fund, which Scottish Widows helped design. The fund takes...

A cross industry working group has issued new guidance on GMP equalisation, designed to help pension scheme trustees communicate the complexity of these changes to members. This guidance specifically relates to communication...

Only a minority of working adults (44 per cent) feel they understand enough about pensions to make decisions about their retirement, according to new data from the Office of National Statistics. Its...

Three out of four employees don’t have any access to financial education in the workplace, according to new research. The financial wellbeing survey, by Aegon, highlights a shortage of financial education with...