Investment principles

The Statement of investment principles (SIP) sets out how NEST will invest members’ money.

It outlines the broad principles and policies that govern how NEST makes its investment decisions. It also demonstrates NEST’s commitment to managing its assets effectively and appropriately for all of its members.

The SIP outlines:

• how the investment governance processes of NEST work
• how NEST Retirement Date Funds work
• what other fund choices we offer
• NEST Corporation’s approach to responsible investing
• how assets are managed
• NEST Corporation’s approach to risk

Download NEST’s Statement of investment principles (PDF)

There are a number of other policies and frameworks that NEST has developed to help us deliver our investment strategy and guide our decision making. These can be found below:

• NEST's investment beliefs
• NEST’s objectives and principles for investing responsibly 
• NEST’s divestment policy
• NEST’s voting policy 
• NEST’s conflicts of interest policy
• NEST’s statement of compliance with the Financial Reporting Council Stewardship Code