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...
Corporate Adviser editor John Greenwood was named best B2B pension journalist for the third time in four years at the Headlinemoney Awards in London last night. Greenwood received his award from Scottish...
Corporate advisers examining asset allocations for defined contribution pension schemes have historically found their choice severely restricted when considering allocating to illiquid assets. The Financial Conduct Authority’s conduct of business rulebook discouraged underlying...
While the end-goal of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMP) equalisation is clear – to equate the historical pension benefits for men and women – the related challenges, and opportunities, are less so. Initiating...
