All Mansion House articles
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FeaturesOutlook 2026: How pension schemes can support the UK economy
Pensions Expert explores the opportunities and challenges for investors seeking to increase their domestic allocations in 2026, with the help of master trusts and asset managers.
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OpinionRailpen: The UK needs a scale-up fund to compete globally
Julia Diez, head of UK productive assets at Railpen, calls for a UK-wide investment initiative to support pension schemes in investing in innovative, growing companies close to home.
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NewsBusiness leaders call for DC defaults to be forced to buy UK
More than 250 UK company bosses have co-signed a letter to chancellor Rachel Reeves calling for UK defined contribution (DC) default funds to be forced to allocate 25% of all asset classes to the UK.
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NewsUK’s largest pension funds back regional investment drive through ‘Sterling 20’
The move builds on the Mansion House Accord agreed in July, and will be launched at the government’s inaugural Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham.
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FeaturesPension funds, venture capital, and the government’s drive for growth
Despite a big push from the government to encourage greater pension investment into UK alternatives, there seems to be little initial activity from pension funds in relation to venture capital investing.
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NewsWhat European pension funds can teach the UK about VC investing
Research by Pensions for Purpose and European Women in VC has laid out how UK and European pension funds currently allocate to venture capital, with chancellor Rachel Reeves calling for schemes to become “active builders of our economy”.
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NewsAviva launches ‘innovative’ private market default strategy for DC savers
Aviva is stepping up its investment in private markets with a new defined contribution default strategy targeting up to 25% in unlisted assets.
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NewsDC charges continue to fall amid push to value over cost
WTW’s latest annual DC Pensions and Savings Survey has found that the average charge has fallen from 38bps in 2017 to 28bps this year, with almost two thirds of schemes now charging less than 30bps a year.
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NewsBell fights back as pensions industry unites against investment mandation
Pensions minister Torsten Bell has argued that the proposed reserve power to mandate investments, contained in the Pension Schemes Bill, is necessary because of a “collective action problem” across the industry.
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NewsPensions UK to lobby for changes to mandation rules in Pension Schemes Bill
The retirement industry trade body is to step up lobbying against investment mandation when the Pension Schemes Bill returns to parliament next week.
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FeaturesShould tax relief be dependent on UK investments? Interrogating Ros Altmann’s radical idea
As an incentive for pension schemes to invest more in the UK, former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has suggested making tax relief dependent on domestic allocations. Business and finance journalist Geoff Ho explores her idea and gathers expert reaction.
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OpinionUnlocking value through diversification, decumulation and infrastructure
Mobius’s Hugh Cutler explores how the defined contribution landscape has changed – and what pension schemes and providers must do to keep ahead of the curve.
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NewsPMI criticises omission of adequacy review from Mansion House speech
Rumours had swelled in recent days that the chancellor would use her address to announce phase two of the government’s Pensions Review.
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NewsRachel Reeves ‘confident’ that investment mandation won’t be necessary
The chancellor addressed the financial services industry at an event in London last night, unveiling plans to encourage individual savers to invest more rather than hold savings in cash.
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OpinionThe power of marginal gains in pension investing
The recent signing of the Mansion House Accord by 17 major UK pension schemes has put pensions and investment returns firmly under the spotlight, writes People’s Partnership chief executive officer Patrick Heath-Lay.
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OpinionIs the UK pensions industry doing the right thing the wrong way?
David Whitehair, chair of the Defined Contribution Investment Forum, argues against mandation of asset allocations and instead calls for investible assets and better governance.
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NewsMansion House Accord to drive growth in LTAF demand and supply, poll suggests
Three in five asset managers are exploring launching long-term asset funds as momentum grows for defined contribution pension schemes to invest in private markets.
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NewsSpending Review: Boost for British Business Bank as schemes eye UK opportunities
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has increased the financial capacity of the British Business Bank and announced major spending plans for social housing and regional transport infrastructure.
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OpinionMansion House: Putting the ‘trust’ back into trusteeship
Rory Murphy, former chair of trustees at the Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Fund, argues that trustees should take a proactive approach to investment decisions and not be led by advisers.
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VideosPeople’s Pension CEO: Why we signed the Mansion House Accord
Patrick Heath-Lay tells Pensions Expert why his master trust is actively exploring private markets allocations in line with the recent Mansion House Accord.