Colin Fitzgerald: The high cost of not protecting SMEs
Absence due to sickness or injury is a massive drain on UK businesses. Over 130 million days are lost a year according to official figures. Some of that is down to short-term...
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Left and right think tanks join to call for pensions commission
Centre-left think tank The Fabian Society and centre-right Bright Blue have joined forces to call for a Turner-style commission to address challenges such as the future of auto-enrolment and pension decumulation. The...
Taper relief tinkering spark widespread criticism
Rumoured Treasury plans to address the tapered annual allowance (TAA) issue by increasing the threshold from £110,000 to £150,000 have been described as ‘naïve’, pointless tinkering and blind to the inequalities in...
DC pension providers ‘paying lip service’ to ethical and SRI – Chase de Vere
Product providers need to address growing demand for more socially responsible investment (SRI) options within workplace pensions. Corporate adviser Chase de Vere says there is demand from both employers and employees for...
Majority of master trusts now authorised
The University of Oxford Pension Scheme is the latest master trust to gain authorisation from The Pensions Regulator. This now brings the total number of master trusts authorised to 34. Salvus Master...
Low tax theme problematic for ESG: Aspinall
The ‘S’ in environmental, social and governance (ESG) is complex to implement in investment strategies, particularly in relation to companies that pay little tax because they tend to be the most profitable,...
18 master trusts now authorised
The Pensions Regulator has confirmed that The People’s Pension, Atlas Master Trust and The Cheviot Pension have now been authorised. The People's Pension is one of the largest master trusts in the...
The best and worst-performing defaults: 56 per cent difference over 5 years
Pension savers in the worst-performing master trusts have missed out on a 56 per cent boost to their retirement pot over the past five years compared to those invested in the best-performing...
Is HSBC TPR’s mystery master trust applicant?
An as yet unnamed new-to-market master trust has applied for authorisation, bringing the total of pending applications up to 33, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) has confirmed. The announcement has fuelled rumours that...
Profile: Supertrust UK’s Malcolm Delahaye
All-out growth or volatility control? When it comes to savers with decades to retirement it is surely one of the greatest questions those charged with managing defaults face. Of the more than 30 default funds reflected in...
