BlackRock has become the latest in a line of providers and asset managers to launch a master trust before auto-enrolment.
In the first part of our run-down of the most read Professional Pensions Online articles in 2011, we look at the top 10 features during the year.
The trust-based defined contribution landscape remains composed of a vast number of small schemes that do not offer "value for money", according to The Pensions Regulator.
Pitmans Trustees has been appointed as independent trustee to Legal & General's DC master trust.
Braced for impact: Employer's 2012 coping strategies
AUSTRALIA - The median growth superannuation fund (61 to 80% growth assets) fell 1.5% in July on the back of weak share markets, research from Chant West shows.
US - Master trusts returned 20.12% from July 2010 to June 2011, their best one-year performance since 1986, research by Wilshire shows.
Schemes up to £150m facing wind-up are increasingly appointing sole trustees because of difficulties finding member-nominated trustees, Independent Trustee Services says.
The Pensions Regulator must become "more engaged, more relevant and responsive" in its dealing with employers sponsoring defined contribution schemes, JLT Benefit Solutions says.