Trustee stories

Independent Governance Group (IGG) has appointed Mark Woodhouse as trustee director. Woodhouse has more than 20 years’ experience in the pensions industry. He has worked as a professional trustee with schemes at...

Only one in three UK pension schemes using fiduciary management currently has independent oversight in place, despite pressure from regulators to introduce this. Both the Pensions Regulators and the Competition & Markets...

Nest has partnered Rothesay, to design a new lifetime income option for members in retirement, combining a bulk annuity with a managed investment approach. This new approach will be a market first...

Royal London Asset Management has its reaffirmed its members of the membership of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM).  The organisation recently revised its framework, after a number of large US...

Isio has launched a new service for mid-sized DB schemes aimed at facilitating a quicker buyout.  This fully-bundled service aims to address some of the operational bottlenecks currently in the system, with...

The Trustee Sustainability Working Group (TSWG) has set out its priorities for 2026 as it looks to improve how sustainability is implemented across pension schemes. The group, which was formed at the...

DB transfer activity decreased marginally over December 2025, while transfer values stabilised  — according to data from XPS. Its figures show with an annualised rate of just 15 out of 1,000 members...

Aviva has completed a £4m full scheme buy-out with the pension scheme of Finnair —  the largest airline in  Finland.  Aviva initially completed a buy-in and within just two months moved to...

Corporate advisers could bar providers from pitch exercises if they do not fully disclose performance-related fees paid on private markets investments.  This was a key issue for advisers at a recent round...

Many DC workplace pensions schemes are set to embrace private assets urged on by the Government and the prospect of higher returns, but what, roughly, is  an appropriate percentage for schemes to...