The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has confirmed that expats who have UK pensions will not treat these private savings plans as ‘cross border’ contracts. This clarification may ease the minds...
The Pensions Regulator has charged a trustee with fraud by abuse of position, after he admitted transferring more than £280,000 of pension funds to support his own business and investments. The action...
Baby boomers are risk averse and lack the confidence and knowledge to manage their investments, according to new research. Despite the fact that the baby boomer generation - now aged between 55...
Start-up business are supportive of auto-enrolment reforms, according to new government research. A survey of entrepreneurs who have started a business since 2012, found they were broadly positive about these changes, in...
Professional trustees now have to seek accreditation and meet new regulatory standards, designed to stamp out poor practice in the sector. Details of these new standards have now been published by the...
Aegon UK has announced that assets under management in its master trust have now topped £1bn. This master trust was a key component of the BlackRock acquisition, and became the Aegon Master...
HSBC is believed to be on the verge of re-entering the workplace pensions market with the launch of a master trust proposition. The global bank is understood to be recruiting trustees for...
XPS Pensions Group has expanded its investment transitions team, with two senior appointments. Susan Middleton joins as head of investment transitions and will now lead this team. The company has also recruited...
Sustainable investment have moved from being a niche concern to a mainstream strategy among US asset managers, according to new research. The research found that 75 per cent of US asset managers...
The Department of Work and Pensions has launched a new online service for consumers looking for a financial healthcheck - or 'mid-life MOT’. But it is also calling for employers to provide...
