Trustee stories

The Bank of England has voted to cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 4 per cent — a move widely anticipated by the market.  The BoE monetary committee voted 5...

The Government has closed its consultation on changes designed to reduce the gender pension gap on the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in England and Wales.  These “access and fairness” changes have...

Around 87 per cent of employees haven’t used financial coaching, while 60 per cent say their workplace doesn’t offer it, according to a new report from TrinityBridge. According to The Value of...

Almost three quarters of employees (72 per cent) feel stressed about their finances, according to new research from Hymans Robertson. This survey found that almost two fifths of people do not feel...

SEI has appointed Chris Hogg to its SEI Master Trust board of directors. In addition to his board responsibilities, Hogg will also serve as a member of the risk and operations sub-committee....

Scottish Widows has appointed former regulator Mike Birch to be a professional trustee of its master trust. Birch is a client director with Vidett and has an extensive background in pensions, banking...

People’s Partnership is partnering with the digital inclusion charity Good Things Foundation. The pension provider will support the charity's free online learning platform and will co-develop a new module. This is is...

Nest has extended its natural capital strategy by investing a $750m (£550m) in sustainable timberland across the Americas.  The workplace pension provider has appointed BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group to run this...

The Pensions Administration Standards Association (Pasa) has produced new guidance for trustees on improving data security and governance.  This latest guidance is designed to offer practical advice and covers a range of...

Pension trustees must treat climate change and nature loss as “core financial risks” not optional extras, according to The Pensions Regulator. TPR said it was raising expectations around investment governance on these...