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  • News on the go
    News

    Just two-thirds of master trusts will deliver ‘moderate’ retiree outcomes

    2022-05-12T00:00:00Z

    On the go: There is at least a 600 basis point difference in returns between the top and bottom-performing master trust providers due to a wide variety of approaches to default investment strategies, according to research by LCP.

  • Features

    Taylor Wimpey pension plan reaches full funding

    2018-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Trustees of housebuilder Taylor Wimpey’s pension plan, which completed a medically underwritten mortality study last year, have announced that the scheme has reached full funding following a £23m injection from the company in April.

  • Opinion

    Are pensions what the self-employed need?

    2017-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Ben Jennings is not saving into a pension, and neither are his peers. The cartoonist and illustrator, whose work appears in this publication and The Guardian among others, says he and and other self-employed 20-somethings are too busy trying to pay their rent.

  • Opinion

    Can global DB experience help the UK out of crisis?

    2016-11-30T00:00:00Z

    UK pensions, we are often told, are in crisis. Sustained downward pressure on yields have widened scheme deficits over the year, with the prospect of higher inflation just another concern to add to trustees’ agendas.