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As the Pension Schemes Act finally received royal assent in May, some master trust providers looked on with anxiety as the provisions of the scale test were etched into law. The test...

The challenges facing people saving for retirement are the same around the globe – trading flexibility for security, and balancing the benefits of personal choice with the convenience and cost of off-the-peg...

Verlingue is looking to further expand in the UK, and is keen to hunt out appropriate acquisitions in the employee benefits space, according to Mike Latham, chief executive of the French firm’s...

Depriving small pension providers of their human right to enjoy their business, interference with fiduciary duty and mandation of investments are all significant interventions for Government to make in the UK economy,...

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...