More than three quarters of UK pension funds expect to go overweight in allocations to commodities such as precious and industrial metals in the next year, according to NTree.

Ethical pensions campaign Make My Money Matter (MMMM) has launched a charter calling for a net zero pensions industry.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has called for a new set of product, communication and governance standards to allow greater provider support for savers.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are asking the industry for feedback on how to improve customer decisions about pensions at key life points.

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has taken a 50% stake in a Spanish and Portuguese renewables-focussed investment vehicle co-created by Canadian pension fund OPTrust.

This week’s top stories include fines issued over audit failures at Associated British Engineering, and the launch of a new carbon metrics reporting tool by CACEIS.

A group of institutional investors and investor networks is spearheading the creation of a scorecard to rank government climate change performance.

Auto-enrolment (AE) provider Nest has urged the government to consider protecting unengaged savers in retirement a statutory obligation.

Online fraud is now set to be included in the upcoming Online Safety Bill after the government acknowledged “significant concern” over its exclusion.

The Mercer Master Trust, Standard Life, and Intelliflo have achieved overall ‘gold’ standard awards in Benefits Guru’s inaugural open finance ratings for workplace pension providers.