Pensions

The Pensions Policy Institute has set out a detailed analysis of how the main parties’ manifesto pledges could effect pensions and retirement policy in the UK.  This briefing note compares the main...

The burden of pension cost regulation is disproportionately falling on master trusts, according to new analysis. The People’s Pension claims pensions regulation is “unfairly” subsidised by master trusts. It says that the...

Stephen Mann has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), and will take up this new role from January 6 2020. Mann has held...

The ILC’s What it’s worth: Revisiting the value of financial advice research shows that those receiving this advice between 2001 and 2006 saw their pensions and financial assets boosted by £47,706 in...

Two years ago, the Financial Conduct Authority published a damning assessment of asset management groups, due to the opaque charging structures being levied on pension schemes. Remedies put forward from the 2017 Asset...

The Pensions Regulator has published new guidance for trustees and corporate advisers, to help them meet new rules on the appointment of fiduciary managers. From December this year trustees will be legally...

Before freedom and choice, the workplace pensions landscape was considerably more predictable than it is today. Employers who offered a defined benefit arrangement would pay their employees a scheme pension on their retirement....

The pensions industry is often criticised for how long it takes for meaningful data to be made available to members, employers and trustees. Compared to the wealth of information available via Open...

Legal & General has doubled its DC assets under management in less than four years, extending its position as the biggest DC pension provider in the UK, figures from the Corporate Adviser...

Lots of providers are carrying out research on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. How is Royal London’s research different? We specifically wanted to understand where ESG features in employee thinking and...