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A good day for master trusts
The FT run a scoop this morning, predicting that today the Pensions Regulator will withdraw its proposals to require small DC plans to be run by “professional trustees” and urging that most of the 8000 single occupational trust based DC … Continue reading
Trapped! What if you’re in a failing master-trust?
Duncan Buchanan’s articles in Pension Expert are always worth reading, and his latest blog in Pensions Expert is no exception. He looks at small master trusts and asks just what would happen if one decided to pack it in. He … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Hogan Lovells, master trust, pension playpen, pensions
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Did the 2018 IGC reports meet today’s challenges? Only in part.
The table above reports on the various ratings given to IGC reports in 2018, it includes the GAA report of St James Place that is good enough to be an IGC report. I said, when I set out … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged CDC, DB transfers, decumulaiton, GAA, IGC, master trust, pensions, Responisble investment
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Consolidation – Darren Jefferson says it’s only just begun.
It’s all around us, auto motive manufacturers, lawyers, employee benefit consultants, you name it. The same reasons for the deal are usually given whether you believe them or not, ‘We complement each other really well’ ‘it will allow us to … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged consolidation, Darren Jefferson, master trust, pensions
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How to run a pension at 1/30th the cost of the pension charge cap.
How much does it cost to actively manage Alecta, Sweden’s largest workplace pension provider? The answer, according to Magnus Billing – is 0.024% of the funds assets each year. That’s less than 1/30th of the 0.75% cap imposed by … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions, Value for Money, workplace pensions
Tagged Alecta, Charge cap, IGC, master trust, NEST, Value for Money, workplace Pensions
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Time for the master-trusts to show their investment mettle.
I have a problem with the accountability of master trusts for their investment outcomes. To my knowledge, only NEST (in Mark Fawcett) has an appointed individual responsible for the member’s investment outcomes. Other master trusts may have internal accountabilities, but … Continue reading
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Tagged CIO, Investment, master trust, mettle, NEST, NOW, pension, People's Pension
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How payroll can get pension-smart (without really trying!)
Pensions are important. They occupy our press, parliament and they occupy payroll! For better or worse we have wedded payroll to work and unless you are on a payroll, it is increasingly unlikely that you are earning much more than credits … Continue reading
Posted in Payroll, pensions
Tagged Accountex, IGC, master trust, Payroll, pensions, Sage, TPR
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Is contract-based versus trust-based really the question? Guest Blog from Ralph Frank
Automatic Enrolment (“AE”) has resulted in an increase in Defined Contribution (“DC”) pension saving through Master Trusts (“MTs”). This trust-based approach has overtaken contract-based arrangements, such as Group Personal Pensions, as the most popular form of DC saving. A key … Continue reading
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Tagged Contract, GPP, master trust, MT, Ralph Frank, regulation, trust, trust-based
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