Defined Contribution
PensionBee to launch UK's first fossil fuel-free fund with L&G
PensionBee has confirmed it has partnered with Legal & General with plans to launch the nation’s first fossil fuel-free fund.
Smart Pension to consolidate Welplan Pensions Master Trust
Smart Pension is set to take on all members and employers of the Welplan Pensions Master Trust, following its closure last year.
Should we look at the US to close the UK gender retirement gap?
Longer life expectancies, caring responsibilities, and lower average salaries leave women’s retirement savings lacking. Mark Sullivan looks at how the US is closing the gap.
Fujitsu moves DC scheme members to LifeSight master trust
Fujitsu Pension Scheme has moved its defined contribution (DC) members into Willis Towers Watson’s LifeSight master trust, passing on full responsibility for the management of its members’ pension provisions.
Majority of industry back extension of auto-enrolment age
Four in five of Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) members say the minimum age criterion for auto-enrolment (AE) should be dropped while two thirds also want it expanded to age 75.
Using retirement bolt-ons to improve the member experience
After five years of pension freedoms, occupational schemes are still not offering a full suite of retirement options to members. Sonya Fraser explores the retirement bolt-ons they could offer
AE benefits apparent despite savings lull
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed savers are sticking with the auto-enrolment (AE) saving habit as the "pensions revolution continues".
One in five contract-based schemes expected to move into a master trust
A fifth of contract-based pension schemes expect to move to a master trust by 2025, along with a third of trust-based plans.
Lessons for policy change
Auto-enrolment reforms have transformed the UK’s pension system. Nick Reeve looks at latest research examining the lessons to be learned from the process.
How multi-national companies are providing pensions for mobile workforces
Cross-border pensions and savings vehicles are growing in popularity among multi-national companies, according to research by Willis Towers Watson (WTW).
DC assets outpace DB during 2019 as global shift accelerates
Thinking Ahead Institute research shows that DC funds have more assets than DB across the world’s biggest markets.
Is pensioner poverty a certainty in the UK?
We must take urgent action to drive up member understanding of their pensions, or risk a generation of ill remunerated retirees, says Karen Bolan.
Nine in 10 people save into the largest master trusts
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has revealed 90% of people are saving into the largest master trusts, creating a “safe and stable” workplace pension market.
Emma Douglas: Why diversity initiatives fail
Emma Douglas is head of defined contribution at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM). After 20 years at the top of the pension and investing sector, she tells Laura Miller how diversity initiatives fail, the blunt answer to the female boss problem,...
Solving the master trust jigsaw
Every change to the operation of running a master trust requires a total rethink for its schemes. Hope William-Smith looks at how trusts are meeting this challenge.
IFoA launches investigation into DC
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has launched an investigation into the increasing transfer of risks to consumers, with a particular focus on defined contribution (DC) pensions.
Why size matters when it comes to DC investment
Jonathan Stapleton explains why the growing scale of DC providers is likely to herald rapid innovation in the market.
Savers dispute ESG as a 'tick-box' in government agenda
Over 80% of consumers want to know more about which companies their pensions are invested in and more transparent updates on their business activities, according to PensionBee.
How DC investment strategy is evolving
Our panel discusses how DC investment will develop following AE implementation and the completion of master trust authorisation
USS gives DC master trust members access to private markets investments
The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) is now enabling members of its Defined Contribution Investment Builder master trust to access private markets investments.
Government must usher in decade of AE renewal
The government must take advantage of its majority to push through further reforms to auto-enrolment, says James Phillips.
CDC is key for nascent cultural revolution
The general election showed an increasing focus on collective over individual interests. CDC could fit right in, says Hilary Salt.
CDC success reliant on 'fairer' balance of priorities
Collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes will offer members and employers a more satisfactory balance between affordability and security if they can meet both parties’ needs, according to Unbiased.
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