Trustee stories

The cost of the Minimum retirement lifestyle has fallen, with a two-person household now needing £21,600 per year and a one-person household £13,400, which is a £1,000 drop from last year. According...

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has warned against potential changes to salary sacrifice arrangements for pensions, saying reforms would disproportionately harm low and moderate earners and reduce overall pension saving. Recent...

Clara-Pensions, the consolidator for defined benefit pension schemes, has extended its partnership with longevity specialists Club Vita. Club Vita was established in 2008 and works with over 500 pension funds in the...

The government has stepped back from proposals to regulate consultants advising employers on pension schemes — stating that it hopes the new Value for Money framework will help drive the market away...

The government plans to unlock around £160 billion in surplus funds held in defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, as announced in the Final Pension Investment Review. Trustees and employers will have greater...

DC schemes will be allowed to make bulk transfers of assets into better-performing ‘mega funds’ under legislation announced today.  The government has outlined details of the Pension Investment Review, designed to create...

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...