Pensions

A Boris Johnson premiership would lead to a recession, fall in the value of the pound and a spike in inflation, according to predictions from Schroders' economics experts. The asset manager has...

Group private medical insurance is perceived by advisers as being the workplace protection and wellbeing benefit most valued by employees, but providers in the sector are less prepared to divulge market information...

Smart Pension is set to receive a transfer of more than 20,000 members of the Corpad Master Trust following a strategic review by the trustees. The Leeds-based master trust will recommend transfer...

The new Cost Transparency Initiative - designed to make it easier for pension schemes to compare fund charges - has launched its first set of machine-readable standardised cost templates. These new templates...

Millions of novice DC investors face a myriad of risks as they save for their retirement. Investment strategy, longevity, interest rates, currency, adequacy and the potential of drifting into inefficient or unsuitable...

Baroness Ros Altmann, former pension minister and campaigner, is throwing her weight behind the Transparency Task Force, having been named its one hundredth Ambassador.  Her appointment comes as the organisation publishes a...

The Pension Regulator has announced a new crackdown on employers who are flouting their auto enrolment pension duties. Those suspected of breaking the law will be targeted with short notice inspections. TPR...

The number of people who opt to defer their state pension has fallen to the lowest level for 20 years, according to new figures from the Department of Work and Pensions. Just...

The Pensions Regulator has confirmed it has received 38 authorisation applications from master trust providers. This latest update comes as the extension period for applications closes.  This extension was granted to 10 schemes....

Prudential is in the process of winding up its DC master trusts, with its members being transferred to its contract-based arrangement, citing commercial reasons for doing so. The schemes commenced wind-up in...