Regulation

The government has made no secret of its desire to use pensions to boost the economy. The problem, as the government sees it, is that British pension funds are not investing the...

Nine out of 10 pensions savers are unaware that pension will shortly be brought within inheritance tax, according to new research. This survey, by Standard Life, comes just one year out from...

LifeSight is the first master trust provider to confirm it will launch a retirement collective defined contribution (R-CDC) solution as soon as the UK regulatory framework allows. The £30bn DC master trust,...

At a recent Pensions UK conference, a speech by pensions minister Torsten Bell referenced the Ontario Teacher Pension Plan’s investments in venture capital leading to 30.2 per cent returns in 2025, raising...

Value for money (VfM) is under the spotlight again. The FCA has published an updated consultation on the new framework for contract-based DC schemes, with equivalent rules being established for trust schemes...

The House of Lords has voted to remove the power to mandate the asset allocation of pension schemes from the Pension Schemes Bill. The bill will now return to the Commons for...

The latest consultation on a new value for money (VFM) framework marks a significant step forward for the industry. There is much to welcome in the direction of travel: a forward-looking approach...

The UK pensions industry is entering one of the most consequential periods of reform in its history. The drive to create mega funds, the long-awaited delivery of pensions dashboards and intensifying scrutiny...

Hargreaves Lansdown, AJ Bell, Pensions Bee, Vanguard and five other retail Sipp providers, have slammed ‘legacy’ pension providers, for running an ‘archaic’ transfer system that is ‘not fit for purpose’. In a...

The best performing growth phase multi-employer pension default fund delivered a pre-charge return of 94.9 per cent in the five years to the end of 2025, more than triple the return of...