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By the end of 2022, all UK DC schemes are likely to have integrated ESG into their default strategies. It will become standard to use ESG tilts and screens holistically, across the whole default strategy.

The auto-enrolment (AE) contribution minimum for employers should be upped to 5%, the industry agrees.

Dublin, May 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Workplace Pensions Consumer Research Report 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's...

Public find pensions cost and charges 'impossible to comprehend', says Guy Opperman

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has announced the development of its own commercial dashboard proposition.

With the recent launch of the 7th annual edition of the Pension Policy Institute's (PPI's) The DC Future Book, compiled, as it has been since its inception, in association...

In this series, we challenge common misconceptions that have led to the increased prevalence of passive investments in defined contribution (DC) schemes. To help...

Roissy, June 11, 2021 New pension scheme agreement reached for ground staff KLM, KLM Ground pension fund now also a Defined Contribution Scheme Following the earlier conversion of KLM pension schemes into collective defined contribution schemes for Cockpit and Cabin staff in 2017, now also an agreement has been reached for the KLM Ground staff fund. This implies that all major KLM pension funds now (finally) have a collective defined contribution scheme. This will lead to more predictable annual

So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap, ‘pension freedoms or consultations around ‘value for money, says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).Download In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme...

Consulting firm October Three says lawyers will likely set their sights on MEPs. Multiple employer pension (MEP) plan sponsors should brace themselves as a potential target for litigation as the plans continue to emerge as a provider-based alternative to single-employer 401(k) plans, according to consulting firm October Three. In a recent article, the firm said that as MEPs begin to accumulate participants and assets, it is “inevitable that plaintiffs’ lawyers will train their sights on MEP...