Changes to salary sacrifice are ‘firmly on the government’s agenda’ according to a leading pensions expert, following HMRC research on this issue. HMRC has today published research conducted among employers, looking at...
More than nine out of 10 businesses plan to access surplus funds in closed DB once the government amends legislation to permit this. The research from Brightwell, the company that manages BT’s...
Penfold has reported an significant jump in employers enquiring and switching to salary sacrifice pension options, in the wake of the rise in national insurance contributions. The government raised employer NI rates...
Nest has made its first major investment through IFM Investors, with a €530 million investment (around £450 million) to seed a new infrastructure debt fund. Infrastructure specialist IFM Investors is owned by...
Will the election of President Trump upend the broad consensus in the UK and Europe around sustainable investing and pensions? The past few months have witnessed an unprecedented shift in approach in...
The UK's largest pension funds have invested £280bn into the domestic economic through a range of investments which include infrastructure and housing allocations, according to new research. The report from WPI Economics says...
The government should embrace bold pension reforms as a radical game-change for UK growth. Given the high cost of tax relief there is clear justification for the government to require pension funds...
The government looks set to delay the announcement of the next stage of the Mansion House agreement, according to industry insiders. This next stage, understood to be called the ‘Mansion House Accord’,...
Scottish Widows is the latest pension provider to unveil details of a new long-term asset fund, designed to boost investment into private markets. The open-architecture LTAF will be launched later this year,...
The Department of Work and Pensions has confirmed it will create a small pots consolidator, due to be in force by 2030, which will automatically merge deferred AE pensions of less than...
