Trustee stories

The regulators’ final rounds of consultation on the Value for Money (VFM) reform package, due to come into effect in 2028, have been met with a hail of criticism, with some voices...

Workplace pension scheme Nest has appointed Crescent Capital Group in a £450 million deal to manage an open-ended mandate investing in secured, first-priority loans to private companies. The investment is part of...

UK defined benefit pension schemes are paying more attention to longevity risk as more consider running on rather than moving straight to buyout, according to Aon. Aon suggests that better funding levels...

All respondents to a Society of Pension Professionals survey are utilising artificial intelligence within their business practices. This is an increase from last year, when 87 per cent of respondents confirmed that...

Trustees should consider how a covenant is impacted by geopolitical volatility and factor that into assessment of covenant reliability, according to consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock. The statement comes at a time...

I have spent two decades talking to financial planners about technology and learned one thing which is that the profession is the ultimate chameleon.  We’ve evolved from the manual grind of stock...

Collective defined contribution pension schemes (CDCs) offer opportunities for better retirements than traditional DC schemes. That prize is eye-catching: the DWP’s own recent press release claimed “retirement incomes could increase by as...

The Government is expected to remove the broad mandation powers from the Pension Schemes Bill when it returns to the House of Commons next week. This follows a series of amendments made...

The UK Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group has published an update to its Climate Competency Guide for asset owners. The guide seeks to recognise the role that investment consultants can play in...

What’s your current role – and what does it involve?  I’m a corporate consultant at Chase de Vere, where I support employers in shaping and maintaining their employee benefit strategies. My work...