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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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McCloud judgment proposed changes 'could take more than two years to implement'
McCloud judgment proposed changes 'could take more than two years to implement'

The proposed changes from the McCloud judgment to Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) members could take more than two years to implement, according to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA).

  • Industry
  • 08 October 2020
Embattled schemes welcome PPF levy cut approach
Embattled schemes welcome PPF levy cut approach

The Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) new tapered approach to its risk-based levy could provide a crucial short-term lifeline for struggling schemes hard-hit by Covid-19, the industry says.

  • Industry
  • 30 September 2020
Industry backs climate risk disclosure proposals but raises implementation concerns
Industry backs climate risk disclosure proposals but raises implementation concerns

The industry has broadly backed proposals to require the largest schemes to publish climate risk disclosures but raised concerns about the workload of implementation as well as how to standardise the methodology used.

  • Investment
  • 27 August 2020
Reaction: TPR superfund guidance welcomed against cautious backdrop
Reaction: TPR superfund guidance welcomed against cautious backdrop

Consultants, trade bodies, and professional societies across the pensions industry have responded relatively positively to guidance from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) that has today signalled a clear start for defined benefit (DB) scheme consolidation...

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 June 2020
Coronavirus crisis underscores urgent need for superfunds
Coronavirus crisis underscores urgent need for superfunds

As new figures from the Pension Protection Fund show the shortfall of final salary schemes in deficit grew to £256.4bn during April, Joe Dabrowski examines how the superfund structure could help…if only we had one.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 21 May 2020
Granularity is the key to cost transparency
Granularity is the key to cost transparency

As the first reports under the cost transparency templates become due, Charlotte Moore looks at how schemes and their consultants can use the data

  • Investment
  • 10 March 2020
Pensions experts anticipate swift consolidation of DB schemes
Pensions experts anticipate swift consolidation of DB schemes

The number of defined benefit (DB) schemes will fall in the next decade as superfunds begin to strengthen, pension professionals believe.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 30 October 2019
Cost disclosure templates to launch mid-May
Cost disclosure templates to launch mid-May

The Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI) has set out plans to launch the long-awaited cost disclosure templates for pension schemes in mid-May.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 April 2019
Why we should be pensions positive in 2019
Why we should be pensions positive in 2019

Despite the gloom around Brexit and all the challenges facing pensions, there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful. Top industry commentators tell Stephanie Baxter why there is cause for optimism

  • Industry
  • 08 January 2019
UPDATE 2: ECJ rules PPF compensation must amount to 50% of members' benefits
UPDATE 2: ECJ rules PPF compensation must amount to 50% of members' benefits

A landmark ruling in the European Court of Justice means the PPF must now revisit how it calculates members' benefits. James Phillips explores the impact.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 06 September 2018
Investment and law firms worst for gender pay gap; Wellington reveals largest gap
Investment and law firms worst for gender pay gap; Wellington reveals largest gap

Investment managers and law firms have ranked worst for the median pay gap between men and women among 85 firms involved in occupational pensions analysed by PP.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 05 April 2018
Why a revised DB funding code must not be too rigid
Why a revised DB funding code must not be too rigid

The DB white paper sets out plans to review the funding regime, with 'prudent' and 'appropriate' possibly redefined. But James Phillips asks if this could this signal a return to an MFR-like approach

  • Defined Benefit
  • 22 March 2018
PLSA: Superfunds will not let employers off the hook
PLSA: Superfunds will not let employers off the hook

Joe Dabrowski says superfunds will encourage employers to "step up" and pay more into schemes earlier than under existing arrangements.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 29 September 2017
PPF plans 10% levy cut; two-thirds of schemes could see reduction
PPF plans 10% levy cut; two-thirds of schemes could see reduction

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) will seek to collect £550m in levies from the industry in the 2018/19 tax year, it has announced, down more than 10% from 2017/18.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 27 September 2017
PLSA: Regulation to boost governance focuses on wrong things
PLSA: Regulation to boost governance focuses on wrong things

Good pension scheme governance relies on the skills, diversity and knowledge of the trustees, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has argued.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 07 September 2017
 Big reprieve for LGPS as regulator eases EU rules
Big reprieve for LGPS as regulator eases EU rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has eased new rules for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) after concerns they could pose barriers to infrastructure investment and even cause an asset fire-sale.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 05 July 2017
Rising life expectancy among affluent men could put pressure on DB schemes
Rising life expectancy among affluent men could put pressure on DB schemes

Life expectancy amongst affluent men is rising faster than any other group, according to analysis by the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) and Club Vita.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 26 June 2017
TPR should get powers to allow 'second-best' outcomes for members
TPR should get powers to allow 'second-best' outcomes for members

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) should be allowed to alter scheme indexation and benefits to ensure members get at least "second-best" outcomes.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 21 June 2017
Regulator unveils investment guidance for DB trustees
Regulator unveils investment guidance for DB trustees

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a guide on investment for defined benefit (DB) trustees as the next stage of its campaign to raise governance standards.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 30 March 2017
How pension investment has evolved over the past two decades
How pension investment has evolved over the past two decades

The way schemes invest has changed dramatically over the past 20 years in response to a whole raft of challenges. Stephanie Baxter asks if they're in a better place now.

  • Investment
  • 20 February 2017
MiFID II: An EU curveball for LGPS pooling and infrastructure drive
MiFID II: An EU curveball for LGPS pooling and infrastructure drive

EU rules downgrading local authority funds to retail investors is throwing up complications for pooling and infrastructure investment. The FCA must ensure pools are part of the solution, writes Stephanie Baxter

  • Law and Regulation
  • 16 January 2017

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