Workplace pension provider The People’s Pension is to cut its annual management charge for members with larger pension pots. At present the master trust provider applies a flat 0.5 per cent annual...
The Investment Association will identify companies who pay higher pension contributions to directors when compared to the rest of their workforce. The IA says that this is a clear corporate governance issue...
Nest has been overstating its annualised investment performance by 0.3 per cent, presenting returns as net when they should have been presented as gross. The error, which the provider has recently identified,...
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has confirmed that Willis Towers Watson’s LifeSight has become the first master trust authorised under new laws to implement tougher standards in the market. Master trust authorisation was...
New rules mean trustees need to take a hard look at the way asset managers tackle environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks says LGIM’s Head of DC Client Solutions Simon Chinnery. What...
Service levels, a provider contact, digital capability, price and M&A are the five factors driving an increase in switching that Aviva says has led to a near-doubling of enquiries from employers looking...
The armaments sector is more likely to be excluded from default funds operating an ESG approach than the fossil fuel sector, according to an indepth report, ESG in DC Pensions, from Corporate...
Fintech workplace savings business Smarterly has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Steve Watson as head of proposition and Mark Carman as head of communications. Watson was commercial director at...
New research suggests workplace pensions could boost returns by 10 per cent if they broadened the assets under management to include ‘illiquid alternatives’. This analysis was conducted by JLT Employee Benefits. It recommends...
Pension consultants LCP have appointed Dan Mikulskis as a new partner in the company’s investment team. In this new role Mikulskis will be lead on the development of projects for both DB...
