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Auto-enrolment participation stagnates in 2020

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On the go: 2020 was the first year to see unchanged levels of participation since the auto-enrolment scheme was introduced, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics published on Monday. 

Govt urged to encourage later life pension contribution plan

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On the go: Policymakers should carefully consider later life cycle factors when developing future policies to increase retirement savings, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

DC savers face retirement shortfalls as growth forecasts dip

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On the go: Millions of workers face life-changing retirement shortfalls, as lower growth forecasts are set to wipe a third off pot values, according to new research. 

JPMorgan AM urges investors to globalise real asset portfolios

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On the go: JPMorgan Asset Management has advised investors to globalise real asset allocations to avoid price volatility in times of crisis.

Actuary receives £65,000 fine from FRC due to misconduct

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The Financial Reporting Council has issued a £65,000 penalty and imposed a severe reprimand to an actuary, due to misconduct relating to services provided to Coats Group between 2005 and 2012.

Call to scrap ‘draconian’ MPAA as savers raid pension pots

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On the go: A total of £2.6bn was withdrawn from defined contribution pension schemes under the government’s flexible payment rules during the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 6 per cent year on year from the £2.5bn taken out during the same period last year, according to new statistics from HM Revenue & Customs.

European asset owners fire warning shots across fund managers’ bows

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On the go: Institutional investors in Europe are set to ditch fund managers they deem are both charging too much and providing unsatisfactory levels of reporting and transparency.

Two in five women have taken action over their pensions

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On the go: Fears over the gender pensions gap, which is leaving women worse off financially in retirement than their male counterparts, have driven almost half (44 per cent) of working age women with a workplace or private pension to take action regarding their pensions, according to new research from Barnett Waddingham

UKSIF urges pensions sector to ramp up sustainability

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On the go: The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association has proposed a series of measures to increase sustainability in the pensions sector, as part of its new policy version.

Only 36% of construction workers are saving into a pension

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On the go: The majority of construction workers are not saving towards their retirement, according to research by union Unite.