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      This concise half-day event will explore a variety of different issues affecting scheme managers, through a combination of informative presentations and interactive panel debates, including GMP equalisation, the pensions dashboard, the accuracy and quality of members data and the latest trends in scheme administration.

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      Professional Pensions is hosting this concise digital event on the 25th March to provide a crucial update on where the current regulation stands on DB Consolidators, assess the different models available, what the expected funding levels are and the governance requirements. This event will be a combination of short presentations followed by live Q&A’s with our expert speakers allowing plenty of time to answer your questions.

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      The Sustainable Investment Festival will run online from 22-24 June and will include thought-provoking presentations from renowned keynote speakers, innovative breakout events and sessions specifically tailored to meet the information needs of fund selectors, financial advisers, pension consultants, trustees and scheme managers.

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      The UK Pensions Awards – now in their 24th year – remain the industry's most prestigious accolades. They shine the light on excellence and recognise the advisers, providers and investment managers that offer the highest level of innovation, performance and service to occupational pension schemes and their members, and have done the most to improve this over the past year.

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      So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap,' ‘pension freedoms' or consultations around ‘value for money', says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

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      In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.

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Are ghosts in the machine increasing the price of de-risking?

Overestimates on populations may have led to schemes overspending on buyouts.

  • Industry
  • 27 October 2014
Scheme funding: Wading through valuation methods

How do valuation method affect funding levels?

  • Regulation
  • 27 October 2014
Sponsors overpaying for buyouts due to ONS assumptions flaw

Scheme sponsors may have overspent on buyout contracts as a result of irregular mortality data, the Pensions Institute (PI) has warned.

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  • 22 October 2014
Labour reiterates commitment to scrutinising Budget flexibilities

Gregg McClymont has reiterated Labour's commitment to scrutinizing how the newly-liberated pensions system will work for savers after a leftist think-tank called on the party to scrap the cash option.

  • Industry
  • 26 September 2014
Pensions Institute: 'Almost all' active managers fail to beat the market

Almost all active fund managers fail to outperform the market once fees are extracted from returns, according to research from the Pensions Institute (PI).

  • Investment
  • 16 June 2014
Pensions Institute warns against leaving savers to go it alone

The decumulation phase of defined contribution (DC) pensions should be institutionalised to prevent savers from splashing their pots, the Pensions Institute (PI) has said.

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  • 16 June 2014
Pensions Institute publishes principles for DC modelling

The Pensions Institute has published a set of 16 principles of good practice for modelling defined contribution (DC) in a bid to improve the way schemes are designed.

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  • 17 September 2013
Savers are being ripped off by 'murky' annuity market

Millions of workers are losing billions from their savings because of "sharp practice and murky pricing" in the annuity market, research claims.

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  • 06 February 2012
Longevity risk: the solution to an age-old problem

Academics and industry specialists are working hard to make longevity risk investable on the capital markets, but the process is not without its growing pains, as Chris Panteli discovers

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  • 03 October 2011
DC default funds should consider human capital and financial wealth - Pensions Institute

An age-dependent approach to DC default funds, which takes into account a member's human capital and financial wealth, is better than traditional lifestyling, research shows.

  • Industry
  • 05 September 2011
Behavioural economics can optimise savings

Behavioural economics can be adopted to improve the expenditure decisions of retirees, the Pensions Institute says.

  • Industry
  • 01 November 2010
'Radical' annuity reform may harm taxpayers

The government's "radical" annuity reform could have serious consequences for retirement incomes and public finances, the Cass Business School warns.

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  • 05 August 2010
Admin woes will distract from NEST investment strategy

The "administrative nightmare" of auto-enrolment into National Employment Savings Trust will divert necessary attention from the scheme's investment strategy, the Pensions Institute warns.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 29 January 2010
Admin woes will distract from NEST investment strategy

UK - The "administrative nightmare" of auto-enrolment into National Employment Savings Trust will divert necessary attention from the scheme's investment strategy, the Pensions Institute warned.

  • United Kingdom
  • 29 January 2010
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