Hopefully, you will have read the exciting news that Broadstone has topped the 2022 Professional Pensions Administration Survey (for the full results the link is here). Professional Pensions surveyed the client...
Coined back in the 1980s, “greenwashing” is a term referring to companies claiming to be eco-conscious—so as to impress buyers—but not really being so. An example would be where a company claims to sell organic...
Over the last decade the pension population has virtually doubled to approximately 21 million. This massive growth in the flow of pension contributions has inevitably placed responsibilities on all the stakehol...
Since the first lockdown Broadstone has had a keen and active running club. Given our reach across the UK, we often have country-wide running events and challenges which has helped bring people together in a vi...
Administration has often been viewed as the poor relation of the pension services available to Trustees. In football terms, we’re used to being like the referee – you need to have us to be able to play the game...
Since automatic enrolment was introduced in 2012, pension scheme participation has increased from 49% of employees in 2013 to 75% of employees in 2020. While this is a very positive development for employees of...
Ten years is a long time in most situations, but in the case of the last decade in the world pensions, it’s been game-changing – literally. Roll back the clock to 2010 or so, and as an employer, you had discret...
Recently I’ve been asked a lot about how to mentally adjust to the new world of virtual meetings and how to get through these meetings without feeling exhausted, so with mental health awareness week upon us, I ...
Pension scheme governance should not be viewed as a chore or even a tick box exercise – a message endorsed by all the pensions regulatory authorities. In fact, it should be approached with relish, recognising t...
