DC Quarterly Round-up – August 2025

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On..., Kirsty Moffat, Senior DC Investment Consultant, presents the latest DC quarterly round-up. In this instalment, Kirsty discusses:

• Pension reforms and oversight: The New Pension Schemes Bill introduces mandatory value-for-money assessments, scale targets for master trusts, automatic small pot consolidation, and required default decumulation options. Meanwhile, the new Pensions Commission focuses on retirement adequacy, long-term outcomes, state pension age review, and challenges of an aging population.
• Industry commitments and standards updates: Seventeen leading DC providers have pledged through the Mansion House Accord to invest at least 10% of their default funds in UK economy-supporting assets by 2030. At the same time, the Retirement Living Standards have been updated to reflect cost-of-living changes, with varying impacts across minimum, moderate, and comfortable lifestyles.
• Pensions dashboards and market volatility management: Progress continues as pension schemes connect to the dashboard system with regulatory support to aid trustee compliance. Trustees are encouraged to monitor member behaviour, communicate economic impacts, promote guidance-seeking before investment changes, and regularly review investment strategies amid market volatility.

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