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FCA to publish voluntary cost disclosure templates in autumn
FCA to publish voluntary cost disclosure templates in autumn

A Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) working group has recommended five institutional cost disclosure templates, although it says these should not be made mandatory.

  • Investment
  • 05 July 2018
How trustees can prepare for the transaction cost disclosure regulations
How trustees can prepare for the transaction cost disclosure regulations

The FCA introduced new regulations around the measurement and disclosure of transaction costs in January. Jon Parker looks at how trustees should respond.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 21 June 2018
Cost transparency - the end of the beginning?
Cost transparency - the end of the beginning?

Stewart Bevan says there's a long way still to travel to achieve transparency, but at least we are now making genuine progress and picking up the pace

  • Investment
  • 13 June 2018
Pre-1997 benefits should not have statutory inflation protection, say half of respondents
Pre-1997 benefits should not have statutory inflation protection, say half of respondents

Granting statutory protection to pre-1997 benefits in defined benefit (DB) schemes would be an unfair cost to sponsors and would force even more closures, according to this weeks' Pensions Buzz respondents.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 12 April 2018
Asset managers reject LGPS initiative on fees
Asset managers reject LGPS initiative on fees

Over 170 asset managers have rejected an initiative which requires better disclosure of fees UK public pension funds are charged, despite increased regulatory pressure on costs throughout the industry.

  • Investment
  • 29 March 2018
PLSA urges members to be more active in policy creation
PLSA urges members to be more active in policy creation

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) needs a greater number of more active members to drive its policy development and arguments, Richard Butcher has said.

  • Industry
  • 08 March 2018
CMA 'moving in right direction' says industry
CMA 'moving in right direction' says industry

The industry has welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA's) working paper on the information available to trustees on the fees and quality of investment consultants and fiduciary managers.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 02 March 2018
Investments costs to become clearer in April as DWP pushes disclosure
Investments costs to become clearer in April as DWP pushes disclosure

Defined contribution (DC) schemes will face new duties to disclose investment costs and charges as the government presses ahead with a bid to build a more transparent and trustworthy pensions sector.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 27 February 2018
Pension cost transparency solution due to launch in Q2
Pension cost transparency solution due to launch in Q2

A new cost transparency solution is being developed for pension schemes by a financial services technology firm.

  • Investment
  • 16 February 2018
Transparency Task Force calls for IA's Cummings to apologise over 'offensive' Loch Ness fees comments
Transparency Task Force calls for IA's Cummings to apologise over 'offensive' Loch Ness fees comments

Gina Miller and others deserve ‘apology…public recognition and thanks’

  • Investment
  • 26 January 2018
PTL launches service to offer asset manager value for money assessments
PTL launches service to offer asset manager value for money assessments

PTL has introduced an investment cost assessment service to slim down and simplify costs and charges scrutiny for trustees.

  • Investment
  • 08 January 2018
Consolidation, cyber risk and transparency to dominate 2018
Consolidation, cyber risk and transparency to dominate 2018

This year will see consolidation, cyber risk and cost transparency dominate the industry's focus as schemes bid to improve value for money and meet data protection requirements.

  • Industry
  • 04 January 2018
Opperman: Pensions policies will not be de-railed by Brexit
Opperman: Pensions policies will not be de-railed by Brexit

The pensions and financial inclusion minister has rejected suggestions that the government is dominated by Brexit discussions and has no time to deal with pensions issues.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 07 December 2017
Consultants urged to take the lead in driving cost disclosure
Consultants urged to take the lead in driving cost disclosure

Chris Sier has called on investment consultants to take the lead on disclosure of costs and charges as for too long asset managers have not put pension clients first.

  • Industry
  • 13 November 2017
DC investment costs to be published as trustees face £50,000 fine
DC investment costs to be published as trustees face £50,000 fine

Defined contribution (DC) occupational schemes will be forced to disclose to members costs and charges associated with investing their retirement pots, the government has announced.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 26 October 2017
Tide of consultation on the way as minister indicates regulatory timetable
Tide of consultation on the way as minister indicates regulatory timetable

A raft of consultations and draft regulations will greet the industry over the coming weeks and months, the pensions and financial inclusion minister confirms.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 20 October 2017
FCA's Bailey: More work to be done on fees
FCA's Bailey: More work to be done on fees

Regulator does not want to 'incentivise short-termism'

  • Law and Regulation
  • 18 October 2017
PTL: Government focus on cost transparency will shift to DB
PTL: Government focus on cost transparency will shift to DB

Government and regulatory focus on costs and charges will shift to defined benefit (DB) schemes over the coming years, PTL has predicted.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 10 October 2017
Why we need to charge more for DC
Why we need to charge more for DC

Jonathan Stapleton says we need to increase DC scheme fees if we hope to improve investment quality and the sustainability of providers.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 09 October 2017
Unbundling DC pricing unlocks 'value for money'
Unbundling DC pricing unlocks 'value for money'

Henry Tapper says removing NDAs between operators and fund managers is a critical step in the journey towards assessing value for money

  • Law and Regulation
  • 04 October 2017
FCA's Sier pans new methodology to calculate alternative investment fund fees
FCA's Sier pans new methodology to calculate alternative investment fund fees

Chair of FCA cost disclosure working group

  • Investment
  • 03 October 2017
The hidden costs of transparency
The hidden costs of transparency

The FCA has taken a further step towards DC cost disclosure but, as Jonathan Stapleton says, such transparency will have its own hidden costs.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 25 September 2017
How DC fund charges will become more transparent
How DC fund charges will become more transparent

From 3 January next year, firms looking after DC members' money will need to comply with new disclosure requirements. James Phillips reports.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 20 September 2017
EXCLUSIVE: B&CE discloses implicit costs of default; calls for 'soft cap' on such charges
EXCLUSIVE: B&CE discloses implicit costs of default; calls for 'soft cap' on such charges

B&CE has published a full breakdown of transaction costs for The People's Pension - revealing both the explicit and implicit costs for its default fund - and has also called for the introduction of a soft cap on such costs.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 20 September 2017
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