More than nine out of 10 businesses plan to access surplus funds in closed DB once the government amends legislation to permit this. The research from Brightwell, the company that manages BT’s...
Independent Governance Group (IGG) has made two appointments to its business development team. The professional trustee and governance services group has appointed Charlie Stewart as client growth manager and Imran Rahim as...
Will the election of President Trump upend the broad consensus in the UK and Europe around sustainable investing and pensions? The past few months have witnessed an unprecedented shift in approach in...
The number of professional trustee appointments increased by 8 per cent last year, but growth is slowing across the market as it matures. WTW’s 2025 professional trustee survey showed that there were...
The way savers access their DC pensions in retirement is typically not aligned to longer-term financial needs, and many will continue to “fall through the cracks” without more co-ordinated action from the...
Dalriada Trustees has appointed Ryan Hubley to be its new sales and business development lead. Hubley joins from the Independent Governance Group (IGG) where he worked since 2021, most recently as business...
Consultants and trustees urge caution over increasing pension investment in UK private markets, warning that long-term member outcomes must not be compromised in the rush to meet government growth targets. These concerns...
There is widespread support for giving trustees enhanced powers to determine whether, and on what terms surplus funds can be paid to employers. In a recent survey of both trustees and sponsoring...
Scottish Widows, Fidelity and Hargreaves Lansdown have not joined 17 other major providers in signing up to the Mansion House Accord today. The Mansion House Accord sees major providers and schemes express...
Nine DC workplace pension providers now have assets in excess of £25bn — the minimum AUM threshold the government has proposed for multi-employer schemes, according to the Corporate Adviser Master Trust &...
