Con Keating says now may not be the right time to boost scheme allocations to illiquid assets.
In the second feature of a three-part series, Iain Clacher and Con Keating look back at the UK’s defined benefit universe, exploring how the Maxwell scandal impacted scheme funding regulations.
In the first feature of a three-part series, Iain Clacher and Con Keating look back at the UK’s defined benefit universe, exploring why the schemes were set up, how they have changed, and the case for their creation.
Costly DB scheme regulations can result in abuses of equitable relations among stakeholders, say Iain Clacher and Con Keating.
Costs and fees are just a small part of the overall value for money definition, argues Con Keating
It may be time to create variations of limited liability, but each alternative has its own problems, Con Keating argues.
As deficits continue to grow Con Keating urges schemes to think carefully about what they do next.
Con Keating says there will be no solution to issues around pension funding unless we adopt a different approach.
Con Keating says experience suggests trustees know less than they think