The controversial issue of whether defined contribution (DC) pensions schemes should embrace the 2 and 20 performance fee structures common in the world of private equity was a key area of debate...
I am a fan of adding private assets to DC default portfolios. My enthusiasm is based upon evidence from other institutional investors that broadening the asset classes in which they invest is...
The Financial Conduct Authority’s proposed ‘polluter pays’ regulations could lead to far fewer firms offering advice on on defined benefit transfers. Actuarial consultants OAC, part of the Broadstone Group, pointed out that...
Three-quarters or 76 per cent of women are not concerned about gender when selecting a financial adviser, according to Schroders. The study which included a sample of 200 women, finds that when...
Now: Pensions will for the first time offer a range of additional investment options alongside its default fund. These will be available to members from summer 2024 and are designed to offer...
Independent Governance Group (IGG) has made some significant hires, adding twelve new members to the team including two trustee directors and two trustee managers. Catherine Edmondson and Debra Soper join IGG as...
Trustees looking for a future DB buyout need to prioritise data quality and administration with insurers now in a stronger financial position and looking to cherry pick the schemes that are most...
Falling levels of home ownership are opening a fault line under the retirement income security of more than a million pensioner households with the proportion in private rented housing set to triple,...
Guiide has appointed Ruston Smith as chair of its board. Smith has more than 35 years of senior executive and non-executive experience in the retail, pensions and asset management industry. He currently holds...
UK employers contributed £38.6bn into workplace pensions last year, according to the latest data from the Department of Work and Pensions. The data showed that the employees in the private sector contributed...
