All Nest articles – Page 11
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Opinion
Nest: Why TDFs provide a durable route to good outcomes
Keeping your mind on the long term can be a difficult business. Target date funds can help both schemes and savers do just that.
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Opinion
Six ways to meet the needs of the DC generation
Talking Head: With the introduction of new pension freedoms, many savers in defined contribution schemes will have more ways of accessing their pension savings.
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News
Why the regulator will not publish a definitive list of AE schemes
The industry has given a mixed response to the Pensions Regulator’s decision not to publish a list of auto-enrolment schemes available to smaller employers, with some suggesting it could do more.
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Features
How UK mastertrusts are designing DC benchmarks
The growing mastertrust sector has created a range of investment benchmarks, but pressure to demonstrate value has led consultants to call for more focus on performance yardsticks that reflect scheme memberships.
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News
Webb backs mastertrusts to lead CDC vanguard
Pensions minister Steve Webb has signalled support for mastertrusts delivering a collective defined contribution option for members, at a Trades Union Congress conference on Wednesday – but at least one of the large mastertrusts has rejected the idea.
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Opinion
Five objectives and five risks for DC
Before the 2014 Budget, investment objectives for defined contribution schemes were relatively straightforward.
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News
Nest, M&S and Kingfisher in 2014's top post-Budget case studies
The chancellor's 2014 Budget in March sparked off a year of almost unprecedented change in pensions, seeing an immediate response from some employers on providing retirement flexibility.
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News
Webb defends 'revolutionary' CDC legacy against industry critics
Pensions minister Steve Webb told an industry event this week the “pendulum is going to swing back” from individual defined contribution pension provision, but delegates challenged the viability of risk-sharing schemes.
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News
Nest: understanding behaviour more important than product fixes
The UK’s state-backed pension scheme has led calls for understanding member behaviour in light of the incoming pension flexibilities, arguing such work is more important than developing new products for savers.
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News
Nest to switch TDF goalposts from annuity purchase as April looms
Nest is planning to amend its target date funds that currently aim for annuity purchase in light of the greater flexibility in retirement options available to scheme members from April 2015.
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Features
HSBC plans cash lifestyle default for ex-DB members
HSBC Pension Scheme plans to default members of its defined benefit section to its cash lifestyle fund following the closure of the section in July next year, as part of a wider post-Budget review of its defined contribution arrangements.
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News
How lifting Nest restrictions could affect the market
The lifting of restrictions on contributions and transfers to state-backed mastertrust Nest will make it more compelling for employers, but a rival mastertrust has called for oversight of its funding arrangements.
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Opinion
Nest: Budget freedoms could mean fewer opt-outs from older workers
Since auto-enrolment kicked in nearly two years ago, almost 4m people are newly benefiting from a workplace pension, and the number opting out remains far lower than many originally expected.
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News
Nest sizes up green technology as it sharpens ESG focus
Nest is looking to benefit from a low-carbon economy through investments in green technology, in a triennial update of its investment beliefs announced today.
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News
Fifth of smaller employers failing to prepare for AE
One in five small businesses are not currently preparing for auto-enrolment, research has shown, as concern grows around smaller employers’ ability to comply with the legislation.
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Opinion
Nest: Scale has given us an 'internal market' for DC assets
Providing an auto-enrolment scheme for a new generation of pension savers has guided our decision-making from the beginning.
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News
Infrastructure top of agenda despite hurdles
Data analysis: Defined benefit and defined contribution schemes are once again circling infrastructure investments, but a lack of underlying assets and suitable funds – especially for DC investors – is holding back inflows.
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News
Findel uses auto-enrolment to chisel down costs
Home retail and educational materials supplier Findel has overhauled its existing pension offering to generate savings that will help shoulder the costs of auto-enrolment.
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Opinion
Bringing together providers to meet your AE duties
Auto-enrolment is officially a year old and more than 1m workers have already been enrolled.
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News
Regulator refines website for SME auto-enrolment
The Pensions Regulator has revamped the auto-enrolment section of its website to help small to medium-sized enterprises implement the reform by adding step-by-step tools and drop-down information menus.