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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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      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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Mark Jaffray appointed as head of DC consulting at Hymans Robertson
Mark Jaffray appointed as head of DC consulting at Hymans Robertson

Hymans Robertson has promoted Mark Jaffray to head of its defined contribution (DC) consultancy business.

  • Appointments
  • 25 October 2018
The top issues for DC schemes and how to tackle them
The top issues for DC schemes and how to tackle them

Defined contribution schemes face a whole raft of challenges in 2018. Kim Kaveh looks at how they should be approached

  • Defined Contribution
  • 31 January 2018
Drawdown investment strategies are still playing catch-up
Drawdown investment strategies are still playing catch-up

There are increasing concerns retirees are not making informed decisions when choosing drawdown funds and could have high exposure to sequence risk, writes Stephanie Baxter.

  • Investment
  • 07 September 2017
Are employers doing enough to ensure members take up matching contributions?
Are employers doing enough to ensure members take up matching contributions?

Kim Kaveh asks if the benefits of matching contributions are being communicated sufficiently.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 27 June 2017
Poor workplace savings barring next generation from careers

Majority of employers say poor retirement savings, as a result of defined contribution schemes, will lead to an inability for them to take on younger employees and graduates, research from Hymans Robertson shows.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 20 May 2013
EXCLUSIVE: Hymans Robertson launches DC service using replacement income target

Hymans Robertson has launched a defined contribution (DC) offering called Guided Outcomes (GO), which focuses on retirement income replacement rates rather than pot size.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 20 May 2013
Scheme members prefer retirement income focus in comms

The majority of defined contribution savers say they would prefer to a pension scheme that was designed around providing a target retirement income, research from Hymans Robertson shows.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 23 April 2013
Most workers choose lower level reward over pension boost

Confidence in defined contribution pensions has fallen so low that the majority of workers would choose an inferior financial reward over a 10% boost to their employer contribution, says Hymans Robertson.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 31 July 2012
Government urged to up DC regulation

The government must set mandatory requirements for defined contribution schemes says Hymans Robertson, after research revealed default funds were delivering poor value for members.

  • Regulation
  • 13 July 2012
Amended auto-enrolment regulations published

Revisions to the regulations governing automatic enrolment have been released following the conclusion of a Department for Work and Pensions consultation.

  • Legislation
  • 01 February 2012
DC failure on turning members into 'investment experts'

Defined contribution investment strategies must focus more on member outcomes and less on turning savers into investment experts to succeed during auto-enrolment, consultants say.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 28 September 2011
This is not just any DC master trust...

Braced for impact: Employer's 2012 coping strategies

  • Defined Contribution
  • 01 September 2011
M&S sets up 'bundled mastertrust' to replace current trust-based DC

Marks & Spencer is set to replace its current pension scheme with a ‘bundled mastertrust' called Your M&S Pension Savings Plan in preparation for 2012.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 01 August 2011
One third of companies will use 'expensive and ill-suited' scheme for AE

Almost one third of the UK's largest companies are planning to use expensive and ill-suited pension provision to comply with employer duties, according to Hymans Robertson.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 06 July 2011
Auto-enrolment: Extent of unanticipated costs revealed

Fewer than one in five finance and HR directors at major companies are confident they know how much auto-enrolment will cost their firm overall, research shows.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 24 June 2011
Employers not swayed by short service refunds

Only 7% of workplace pension professionals believe employers would set up trust-based schemes to take advantage of short-service refunds, a study shows.

  • Legislation
  • 18 April 2011
The future of DC lies in diversified growth - PP Show

Diversified growth strategies and target return funds are the future of default fund investing, a poll of delegates reveals.

  • Investment
  • 19 November 2009

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