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Standard Life Aberdeen and Fidelity sign letter demanding action on black inclusion
Standard Life Aberdeen and Fidelity sign letter demanding action on black inclusion

Standard Life Aberdeen and Fidelity have signed an open letter demanding action on inclusion in response to the Black Lives Matter movement.

  • Industry
  • 26 October 2020
UPDATED Independent governance committees: A list of who is sitting on which IGCs

PP looks at the pensions great and good who oversee contract-based schemes

  • Defined Contribution
  • 05 October 2020
Spot the Dog: Number of underperforming funds jumps by 'staggering' 65%
Spot the Dog: Number of underperforming funds jumps by 'staggering' 65%

A record-breaking 150 ‘dog’ funds have been identified in the latest bi-annual Bestinvest Spot the Dog report, with total assets of £54.4bn sitting in these vehicles.

  • Investment
  • 14 September 2020
L&G, Willis Towers Watson and USS unite behind black graduate intern programme
L&G, Willis Towers Watson and USS unite behind black graduate intern programme

More than 80 major fund management firms will come together to offer a range of investment internships to black graduates.

  • Industry
  • 17 August 2020
Should we look at the US to close the UK gender retirement gap?
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.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 09 March 2020
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

The top stories this week were Gallagher’s acquisition of AHC, and the publication of the GMP Equalisation Working Group’s methodology guidance.

  • Industry
  • 04 October 2019
Exclusive: Telegraph moves pension scheme to Fidelity Master Trust
Exclusive: Telegraph moves pension scheme to Fidelity Master Trust

The Telegraph Media Group has moved its employees to the Fidelity Master Trust after the trustees conducted a “comprehensive review” of its pension arrangements, PP has learned.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 01 October 2019
PP Investment Awards 2019 - Shortlists published
PP Investment Awards 2019 - Shortlists published

Here they are… The shortlists for this year's Professional Pensions Investment Awards.

  • Industry
  • 29 July 2019
UK workers need to save less for retirement than other countries, finds research
UK workers need to save less for retirement than other countries, finds research

Fidelity International has created global retirement savings guidelines to help employers and employees understand how much is needed to save for retirement, writes Kim Kaveh.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 14 November 2018
M&G's Richards to become CEO at Fidelity International; Foley to replace her
M&G's Richards to become CEO at Fidelity International; Foley to replace her

Anne Richards, chief executive of M&G Investments, is to take up a role as chief executive of Fidelity International later this year.

  • Investment
  • 27 July 2018
Fidelity: 'Gender pension gap' sees women losing out by over 10%
Fidelity: 'Gender pension gap' sees women losing out by over 10%

Young women are likely to end up with a pension pot nearly 11% smaller than that of male counterparts, with a number of barriers preventing women from investing, according to a new report by Fidelity International.

  • Investment
  • 02 July 2018
Master trusts failing low paid earners on pensions tax relief
Master trusts failing low paid earners on pensions tax relief

Low income earners in the majority of master trusts are missing out on tax relief on their retirement savings due to a legislative technicality, according to research.

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  • 12 April 2018
Are asset managers delivering on their ESG claims?
Are asset managers delivering on their ESG claims?

Despite improvements in investment manager attitudes towards responsible investment, research reveals there is a way to go before the majority deliver meaningful action. Victoria Ticha explores why

  • Investment
  • 16 March 2018
Fidelity reveals further details of 'fulcrum fee'
Fidelity reveals further details of 'fulcrum fee'

Fidelity International has unveiled further details of its new variable management fee model, which will launch on 1 March next year across the clean share classes of ten active equity funds.

  • Industry
  • 29 November 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
Have your say: Does the charge cap reduce fund choice?
Have your say: Does the charge cap reduce fund choice?

This week we want to know if the 0.75% charge cap makes it harder to offer a good auto-enrolment DC default fund and if asset managers need to be more innovative in the way they charge schemes.

  • Industry
  • 10 October 2017
Why Fidelity's 'brave' switch to performance fees is good for scheme investors
Why Fidelity's 'brave' switch to performance fees is good for scheme investors

One of the world's largest fund managers has broken away from the controversial fixed fee model. Stephanie Baxter looks at why symmetric performance fees are better for pension funds.

  • Investment
  • 08 October 2017
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories include the FCA deeming half of the DB transfers it looked into unsuitable, DWP firing Workie and Fidelity International saying it will adopt a new active fund fee model.

  • Industry
  • 06 October 2017
Fidelity: Average retiree's pension is £40,996 smaller than pre-crisis retiree
Fidelity: Average retiree's pension is £40,996 smaller than pre-crisis retiree

An individual retiring in 2017 will have a pension pot just three quarters of someone retiring in 2007 immediately before the crash, according to research by Fidelity International.

  • Industry
  • 22 August 2017
Are pension schemes prepared for political risk?
Are pension schemes prepared for political risk?

Last year put geopolitical risk on the map for pension schemes. Charlotte Moore looks at how this can affect their portfolios

  • Investment
  • 29 March 2017
What did schemes learn from real estate markets in 2016?
What did schemes learn from real estate markets in 2016?

Helen Morrissey looks at pension schemes' experience of investing in the property market during 2016 and asks what they can expect during 2017

  • Investment
  • 20 February 2017
Dealing with rising inflation
Dealing with rising inflation

Inflation is on the rise but how can schemes deal with this? Lynn Strongin-Dodds takes a look at the options.

  • Investment
  • 03 February 2017
IGCs team up to study members' views on value for money
IGCs team up to study members' views on value for money

Independent Governance Committees (IGCs) have joined forces to better understand what value for money means for scheme members.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 27 September 2016
Shareholders turn up heat on Sports Direct
Shareholders turn up heat on Sports Direct

Sports Direct is facing mounting pressure to launch an independent review of how it is run by some of the UK's largest institutional investors.

  • Investment
  • 26 August 2016
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