Nine million employees ‘sleep walking’ into retirement
Millions of middle-aged employees have no idea how much they need to be saving to ensure a comfortable retirement, according to the latest survey by Aviva. The insurer found 64 per cent...
Pensions
TPR authorises People’s Pension, Atlas and Cheviot master trusts
The Pensions Regulator has confirmed that The People’s Pension, Atlas Master Trust and The Cheviot Pension have now been authorised. The People's Pension is one of the largest master trusts in the...
Financial firms provide best workplace pensions: research
Financial firms typically invest twice as much money into employees’ pension, when compared to other industries according to new research. The study - by Profile Pensions - looked at average employer contribution...
Smarterly looks to raise further £2m to fund growth plans
Smarterly is looking to raise more than £2 million from existing investors via a second crowdfunding campaign. Smarterly - which offers a workplace savings and investment platform - says these funds will...
TPR authorises three more master trusts
The Pensions Regulator has confirmed that 15 master trusts have now received authorisation. The latest three schemes to be authorised are the National Pension Trust, the Aon Master Trust and the SEI...
Huge variance in default fund performance: Punter Southall Aspire
There is a huge variation in the construction and performance of leading default funds, according to the latest pensions report from Punter Southall Aspire. Its third annual DC Default Fund report looks...
Nest joins industry-wide pension standards group
Nest is the latest pension provider to join the Star initiative, an industry-wide group aimed at driving up standards in the pension industry, and reducing transfer times. This ABI-hosted pensions working group...
Sam Brodbeck: Why Woodford could scupper Opperman’s infrastructure master plan
Never in the field of personal finance was so much owed to so many by so few. It’s not quite Winston Churchill, nor the Second World War, but the spectacular implosion of...
Mark van den Berghen: PIE in the face of GMP equalisation
Defined benefit (DB) liability management has grown considerably in the last decade. Enhanced transfer values have stolen most of the headlines – mainly regarding whether DB transfers are in the interest of...
Aon MasterTrust receives authorisation
The Aon MasterTrust has received authorisation from The Pensions Regulator, making it the 13thprovider to receive authorisation. The master trust is expected to appear on The Pensions Regulator’s list of approved master...
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