The pension minister’s announcement that restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust will be abolished in 2017 is a significant step towards the end…
Today I received a press release which, at first glance, looked like one any self-respecting financial journalist should ignore. An active manager says its…
I’ll admit it: I have strong opinions about pensions and investment. I find it particularly vexing when anyone uses the word ‘saving’ while talking…
In the somewhat dry and technical world of pensions it is a good week when life is enlivened by two parties expressing equally strong yet…
Last week KPMG issued a report on the asset management industry declaring the number of global players would halve by 2030. Forecasting the size…
t’s inevitable coalition government policy will be a Frankenstein monster – ideas from different parties are stitched together to form a whole. And then…
A collective defined contribution scheme, which pools together assets from multiple companies, has much to recommend it. It’s no longer effective for many companies to…
Even though more than two months have passed since Budget, the pensions industry is still coming to terms with the long-term implications of dropping…
After months of speculation, the announcement by the government at the end of March that it will impose a 0.75% charge cap on all…