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FeaturesKeep calm and carry on: Schemes urged to tread carefully over US investment calls
The US government has started 2026 in controversial style, deposing the leader of Venezuela and demanding control over the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland. How can pension schemes assess these events?
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FeaturesOutlook 2026: Making collective DC a reality
Pensions Expert asked CDC experts for their views on what 2026 holds for the nascent CDC sector, what challenges are still to be met, and how proponents should communicate this new model to savers.
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FeaturesGlobal investment outlook: Navigating a complex landscape
Pensions Expert asked consultants and asset managers for their views on the continued dominance of US equities in investment portfolios, how to mitigate geopolitical risks, and whether private markets have been overdone.
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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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FeaturesA Christmas wishlist for the pensions industry
With the festive break upon us, it’s time to find out what the pensions industry really wants for Christmas this year. Pensions Expert asked representatives of 21 organisations from across the UK retirement industry to come up with one ‘Christmas wish’ – something they would like to see over the next 12 months.
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FeaturesOutlook 2026: The changing face of DB endgame options
Defined benefit experts give their views on the challenges and opportunities presented by the Pension Schemes Bill and other industry developments.
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FeaturesDC outlook: Scale, value, and adequacy are top of the agenda
With the Pension Schemes Bill set to reshape the defined contribution (DC) landscape over the next decade, Pensions Expert asked experts about the challenges and opportunities awaiting the sector in 2026.
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FeaturesOutlook 2026: Beyond the Pensions Schemes Bill – lawyers eye key developments
Pensions Expert quizzes lawyers to find out what they expect to be the key issues that trustees and pension professionals should look out for in 2026.
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FeaturesThe unknown cost of pre-97 indexation to DB schemes
Potential changes to the way the PPF’s compensation is calculated and paid could have an impact on its 7800 index and some schemes in its assessment period, as Nick Reeve reports.
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FeaturesThe PPF Purple Book: Six key charts for the corporate DB sector
The 20th edition of the Pension Protection Fund’s Purple Book shows a gradual but consistent decline in the number of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. But below the surface, the sector remains dynamic with millions of people’s retirements at stake.
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FeaturesOne year until the dashboards deadline: What’s still to do?
There is less than 12 months to go until the 31 October 2026 deadline, when all pension schemes and providers in scope must connect to the pensions dashboards Central Digital Architecture.
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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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FeaturesThree years since ‘mini-Budget’: Healthier schemes but more challenges ahead
Three years on from the drama of the so-called ‘mini-Budget’, Pensions Expert looks back on events and what has changed – as well as looking to where the next big challenges could come from.
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FeaturesHow to keep consumers coming back to pensions dashboards
As the Money and Pensions Service gears up to test its MoneyHelper pensions dashboard, Ellie Duncan explores how the industry can ensure that consumers get the most from this new service.
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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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FeaturesGetting from ‘view only’ to ‘interactive’: what dashboards could do next
Pensions dashboards are being heralded by the industry as a tool that will encourage consumers to locate and engage with their pension pots. But once the data is viewable, what could happen next?
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FeaturesWhat open banking can teach us on pensions dashboards
As more and more pension schemes and providers are connecting to the dashboard data ‘ecosystem’, Ellie Duncan – author of Open Banking and Financial Inclusion – explores the lessons the pensions industry can take from the technology revolution in UK banking.
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FeaturesDC adequacy is ‘number one challenge for the decade ahead’ around the world
The Thinking Ahead Institute’s latest peer study warns that low contributions, cautious defaults and poor decumulation design are leaving members exposed – with income adequacy expected to take decades to resolve.
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FeaturesHow pension funds are handling US equity concentration risk
With more of the US market’s fate tied up in a handful of enormous technology stocks, investment teams are having to reconsider their exposure, as Jon Yarker reports.
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FeaturesThe Pension Commission’s challenge in seven charts
The Pensions Commission was (re)launched a week ago, with a broad remit but considerable constraints. Pensions Expert looks at some of the key challenges the commissioners are trying to solve.