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The past year has seen the DC pensions industry embark on significant change, with the push towards fewer, larger schemes that can invest in a broader range of assets and deliver better...

The UK’s four million Muslims are poorly served by the pensions industry, and we need innovation from regulators, government, providers and industry professionals if we are to build a system that is...

Reckless conservatism is destructive to DC pension outcomes, so prioritise equities within default funds to drive better returns. That is the headline message from Stéphanie Payet, private pensions analyst at the OECD....

The issue of private market assets within defined contribution (DC) pensions is grabbing the attention of lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic. But while the UK government is adopting a big...

If you were looking for someone in the UK to give you an informed view as to whether DC pension schemes should be investing in private markets, Benoit Hudon, CEO of Mercer...

Bigger is better’ and ‘scale matters’ have become watchwords across the DC landscape in recent years. But this doesn’t just apply to default funds — for certain clients it can be equally...

Two years into his role as CEO of Independent Governance Group (IGG), indie rock-loving Mancunian Andrew Bradshaw has a vision of a new form of professional trustee firm.  For Bradshaw it is...

Tripling its numbers in since it was spun out of KPMG in 2020, independent consultancy Isio now has nearly 1,300 employees.  As the firm celebrates its five-year anniversary, its expansion and evolving...

As 2024 draws to a close  it is clear that consolidation has been a dominant theme for the DC pensions market this year — not just among providers but also for the sector’s...

Kerry Baldwin runs a ‘deep tech’ venture capital fund and chairs the government body looking to facilitate greater DC investment into private markets. She tells Emma Simon why this could deliver benefits...