Pensions minister Richard Harrington has been confirmed as the opening keynote speaker for Pensions & Benefits UK (PBUK).
In these challenging economic times it is essential to have skilled active fund managers but they are tricky to identify. Michael Klimes looks at how to find them.
The government should give the regulator more powers to prevent companies from avoiding defined benefit (DB) deficits, according to a Pensions Institute report.
The Pensions Institute has predicted there will be rapid growth in medically underwritten bulk annuities as schemes turn to ‘top-sliced' deals and traditional insurers get into the market.
Age at death will increasingly cluster in the early 90s according to a study by academics from Cass Business School in partnership with the International Longevity Centre (ILC UK).
Dr Nicholas Motson, a lecturer in finance at the Cass Business School, has called for greater disclosure of fund holdings to allow researchers to calculate retail funds' 'active share'.
A methodology for assessing longevity basis risk developed by Hymans Robertson and Cass Business School will help bring index-based longevity swaps into the mainstream, say actuaries.
The Pensions Institute has published a consultation on retirement incomes from defined contribution (DC) schemes as part of a review launched by Labour.
The widely used AUM fee model only suits asset managers
The fixed fee model widely used in fund management only benefits asset managers to the detriment of investors, according to research by Cass Business School.