Regulation

Almost half of all DC schemes (41 per cent) said they are ‘very likely’ to introduce a Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) pension scheme – or a risk sharing alternative – according to...

Ten years from how will the pensions industry have solved four of the key challenges it currently faces?  Standard Life dabbled in some crystal-ball gazing at Corporate Adviser’s Master Trust and GPP...

The specific launch date of the pensions dashboard will depend on the success of user testing with the public, Chris Curry, principal of the Pensions Dashboard Programme told delegates at the Corporate Adviser Master...

Private markets will be an important part of future growth stage asset allocations for DC schemes, helping maximise returns for investors. This was one of the main discussion points in a panel...

Jack Jones, the pensions policy officer at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has questioned whether the regulation of pension consultants and potentially employers mooted by the government last week is practical or necessary. Jones...

All large employers should be looking at CDC options in order to deliver better retirement outcomes for members.  This was one of the conclusions of a panel discussion at Corporate Adviser’s Master...

The Mansion House consolidation drive is an acceleration towards fewer, bigger, better-governed schemes not a change in direction says The Pensions Regulator. Sam Grutchfield, interim director of master trusts and DC supervision at the Pensions...

There has been strong support for government proposals to introduce multi-employer CDCs, as the consultation on Occupational Pension Scheme regulations for these new arrangements comes to a close.  However in their responses...

Two major pension bodies have called for the Financial Conduct Authority to rethink its traffic light ratings in the proposed Value for Money assessments for workplace pension schemes.  In their response the...

The Department for Work & Pensions acknowledged there are industry concerns around their ‘traffic light’ rating, which is due to be implemented in the forthcoming Value for Money (VfM) regulations. Consultation is...