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      This webinar will bring together views from actuaries, lawyers, administrators, trustees and data experts to look at the pragmatic, collaborative solutions that are open to schemes to solve the GMP equalisation challenges in 2021. It will assess the individual challenges schemes face with equalisations and provide some practical options that are available to resolve these issues.

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      In this webinar, PP editor Jonathan Stapleton will be joined by BMO’s chief economist Steven Bell and director of fiduciary management, Christy Jesudasan, alongside PTL trustee director Melanie Cusack and Isio’s head of fiduciary management oversight Paula Champion to discuss the significant impact of these themes on the pensions sector.

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      Pension schemes are now facing increasing government, regulatory, and member demand to manage the financial risks associated with the anthropogenic consequences of the environmental crisis. But how best to manage this transition to net-zero? And, in the rush to invest in carbon friendly assets, are investors potentially missing out on potential returns generated by the transition theme, investing in assets that may not be carbon neutral but have the potential to significantly improve their environmental credentials over time. This webinar will discuss at the transition theme, look at the opportunity set available and ask how this can help schemes achieve superior returns while moving towards a net-zero portfolio.

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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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New TPR powers could lead to upsurge in clearance applications
New TPR powers could lead to upsurge in clearance applications

The Pension Regulator’s (TPR) strengthened powers under the Pension Schemes Bill could lead to a revival of its clearance process, according to advisers and lawyers.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 21 January 2021
Doing the right thing: Addressing mental health in a post-Covid workplace
Doing the right thing: Addressing mental health in a post-Covid workplace

DLA Piper's Jane Hannon says the post-Covid workplace provides new challenges when it comes to addressing employee mental health.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 10 December 2020
Time for better scam protection in law
Time for better scam protection in law

Trustees face increasingly difficult issues around handling suspected pension scams. Matthew Swynnerton looks at how the Pension Schemes Bill might help.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 01 April 2020
Key issues for trustees and sponsors to consider amid coronavirus crisis
Key issues for trustees and sponsors to consider amid coronavirus crisis

DLA Piper has set out a list of key issues for occupational pension scheme trustees and sponsors to consider in light on the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Industry
  • 25 March 2020
Getting Brexit done: What next for schemes?
Getting Brexit done: What next for schemes?

The UK will leave the EU on 31 January, Professional Pensions’ expert advisory panel tells James Phillips what pension schemes should now be thinking about.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 28 January 2020
Allied Domecq agrees £3.8bn buy-in with Rothesay Life to take 2019 deals past £30bn
Allied Domecq agrees £3.8bn buy-in with Rothesay Life to take 2019 deals past £30bn

The Allied Domecq Pension Fund has insured £3.8bn of members’ benefits with Rothesay Life, in the market’s largest deal to cover both pensioner and deferred members.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 27 September 2019
PP Brexit Advisory Panel: Why schemes must prepare for all outcomes
PP Brexit Advisory Panel: Why schemes must prepare for all outcomes

Professional Pensions' expert Brexit Advisory Panel discusses the key considerations for schemes ahead of the UK's potential exit from the European Union

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 September 2019
Treasury confirms discriminatory rules to be fixed across all public sector schemes
Treasury confirms discriminatory rules to be fixed across all public sector schemes

The government has confirmed the Supreme Court ruling that changes made to the firefighters' and judges' pension schemes in 2015 were discriminatory will now apply to all public sector schemes.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 16 July 2019
How wide is the gender pay gap in pensions firms?
How wide is the gender pay gap in pensions firms?

Investment and law firms have the highest median gender hourly gender pay gaps out of nearly 100 pension-related firms reporting, James Phillips writes.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 13 April 2018
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included coverage of the DWP's much-anticipated green paper on defined benefit (DB) regulation, and ARC Pensions Law's plans to open a Leeds office.

  • Industry
  • 24 February 2017
20 years of Professional Pensions: Where are they now?
20 years of Professional Pensions: Where are they now?

Jonathan Stapleton looks at the firms who were advertising in the first editions of Professional Pensions and how the consultancy, asset manager and provider markets have changed over the past 20 years

  • Industry
  • 23 February 2017
ARC Pensions Law to open Leeds office in expansion drive
ARC Pensions Law to open Leeds office in expansion drive

ARC Pensions Law will nearly double its team later this year when it opens a Leeds office, and takes on a team from DLA Piper.

  • Appointments
  • 22 February 2017
20 years of pensions law: The cases that changed the sector
20 years of pensions law: The cases that changed the sector

Pension schemes have been forced to rethink and reshape by the courts over the last 20 years. James Phillips looks back at the most impactful cases

  • Law and Regulation
  • 17 February 2017
Could trustees be sued over excessive charges?
Could trustees be sued over excessive charges?

As US savers fight their pension schemes over high costs and charges, there is concern British trustees could see similar action. James Phillips reports

  • Law and Regulation
  • 30 August 2016
Brexit: How will pension regulation change?
Brexit: How will pension regulation change?

Britain's vote to leave the European Union has shocked pollsters and investors, but what are the legislative and regulatory changes schemes and trustees can expect? James Phillips reports

  • Law and Regulation
  • 24 June 2016
MPs support early state pension access for women affected by changes
MPs support early state pension access for women affected by changes

Women affected by the increase in state pension age from 63 to 66 could access their savings early if they accept lower weekly payments, according to MPs.

  • Legislation
  • 15 March 2016
How would Brexit impact pensions?
How would Brexit impact pensions?

As the EU referendum looms closer it is entirely possible the UK could end up leaving Europe. Kristian Brunt-Seymour finds a Brexit could be both good and bad for pensions.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 26 February 2016
Do we need a wider industry approach to pension liberation?
Do we need a wider industry approach to pension liberation?

PP looks at whether more could be done to prevent members from transferring out in the first instance?

  • Legislation
  • 08 February 2016
Liberation fraud: Where do trustees stand after the latest ombudsman decisions?

Natasha Browne examines the latest decisions on pension transfer requests

  • Law and Regulation
  • 29 April 2015
LGPS framework launches to give cheaper access to legal services

A national framework to give local government pension scheme (LGPS) funds easier and cheaper access to legal services has been launched today.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 12 January 2015
Auto Windscreens scheme completes £30m buyout

Trustees of the Auto Windscreens Pension Scheme have secured a £30m buyout in the latest deal in a flurry of de-risking activity.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 17 September 2013
How trustees deal with death cases

Taha Lokhandwala looks at how trustee boards distribute a member’s pot in the case of an untimely death

  • Defined Benefit
  • 08 August 2013
The year of auto-enrolment

This month the legal panel describe their areas of focus for the year ahead and discuss pension reform, including their predictions for the pensions minister's next move.

  • Industry
  • 31 January 2013
Questioning the DWP on GMP equalisation

In a recent Professional Pensions story, a lawyer said that the method chosen by the Department for Work and Pensions for equalising GMPs could be challenged. Do you agree?

  • Industry
  • 16 February 2012
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