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      This webinar will look at how pension schemes can harness their members’ interest in ESG to engage them more broadly with their pensions. In particular, it will look at exclusive research showing how members are reacting to ESG; their propensity to act versus their actual behaviour; and the expectations they have of providers in this regard.

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      Webinar: What to put on your GMP Equalisation project roadmap for 2021

      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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      Webinar: Will the world return to normal in 2021?

      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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    • How DC schemes can gain exposure to different asset classes in a low-return environment

      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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Lesley Carline

A beacon of hope: How the PMI will evolve in a post-Covid world
A beacon of hope: How the PMI will evolve in a post-Covid world

PMI president Lesley Alexander and the institute's immediate past-president Lesley Carline talk about the challenges of Covid-19 and the opportunities and challenges the industry faces in the future.

  • Industry
  • 30 November 2020
PMI appoints Lesley Alexander as president
PMI appoints Lesley Alexander as president

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has elected Lesley Alexander as president.

  • Industry
  • 06 October 2020
Celebrating 25 years of Professional Pensions
Celebrating 25 years of Professional Pensions

Lesley Carline says a lot has happened over the past 25 years in the industry but, despite the negatives, she remains positive about pensions

  • Industry
  • 05 October 2020
25 Years of PP: A busy two decades
25 Years of PP: A busy two decades

As part of a series celebrating PP’s silver anniversary, Hope William-Smith asks industry veterans about policy over the past 25 years and what needs to change for the future.

  • Industry
  • 18 September 2020
Industry raises significant concerns over FCA consultation on advising on pension transfers
Industry raises significant concerns over FCA consultation on advising on pension transfers

The industry has raised serious concerns that Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) transfer advice proposals on illustrative figures could hamper schemes’ ability to help members to understand their retirement options and force many to take full regulated...

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 September 2020
ABI calls for overhaul of pensions tax relief; Industry says change will be 'far from easy'
ABI calls for overhaul of pensions tax relief; Industry says change will be 'far from easy'

The UK’s system of pensions tax relief needs to be overhauled to make it fairer to the lower paid and younger savers, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) says.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 23 June 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
Legislation is holding back chair's statements
Legislation is holding back chair's statements

Maggie Williams looks at whether chair's statements are having the desired effects, and what lies in their future.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 17 April 2020
Maps flags Covid-19 implications for pensions dashboard launch
Maps flags Covid-19 implications for pensions dashboard launch

The Money and Pensions Service (Maps) has published its first full report on progress on the pensions dashboard so far and has flagged “significant” delivery challenges in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Industry
  • 08 April 2020
Improving standards with pension trusteeship
Improving standards with pension trusteeship

Voluntary accreditation of professional trustees will act as a quality mark and drive up scheme governance standards, argues Lesley Carline.

  • Industry
  • 16 March 2020
Eight industry bodies go public with clause 107 drafting concerns
Eight industry bodies go public with clause 107 drafting concerns

Trustees and their advisers could be “criminalised for doing the right thing” and left “fearful of acting” if Pension Schemes Bill wording is not amended, the Joint Industry Forum (JIF) says.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 10 March 2020
Industry mostly dissatisfied with current direction of pensions policy
Industry mostly dissatisfied with current direction of pensions policy

More than half (55%) of the pensions industry is dissatisfied with the direction of pensions policy going into 2020, according to research from the Pensions Management Institute (PMI).

  • Industry
  • 14 January 2020
Where now for the DB superfunds?
Where now for the DB superfunds?

Interest around DB consolidators is high but there remains regulatory uncertainty around their future. Lesley Carline looks at what the future might hold for this section of the market.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 20 November 2019
Beyond authorisation: What lies ahead for master trusts?
Beyond authorisation: What lies ahead for master trusts?

Now authorisation has ended for existing schemes, Kim Kaveh reflects on the process and asks what the future holds for ongoing supervision.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 14 November 2019
Should all schemes have a professional trustee?
Should all schemes have a professional trustee?

The PMI has gauged views on whether all schemes should have a mandatory professional trustee. Kim Kaveh looks at the results of its member survey

  • Law and Regulation
  • 23 September 2019
PMI appoints Tim Phillips as vice-president and reshapes advisory council
PMI appoints Tim Phillips as vice-president and reshapes advisory council

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has elected Tim Phillips as vice-president, taking over the office from Lorraine Harper.

  • Appointments
  • 11 July 2019
What the future could hold for trusteeship
What the future could hold for trusteeship

Professionalisation of trustee boards remains on the agenda as the regulator asks the industry whether they should be mandatory. James Phillips explores the latest consultation.

  • Industry
  • 10 July 2019
Lesley Carline: Where is our future?
Lesley Carline: Where is our future?

The industry seems to be full of the same familiar commentators discussing the same old issues. Lesley Carline argues it is time to give a new generation a chance.

  • Industry
  • 02 July 2019
The future of master trusts
The future of master trusts

Lesley Carline explains why the PMI is setting up an industry-wide master trust group and how it will help provide a collective voice for those running and providing services to schemes

  • Defined Contribution
  • 15 March 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
Majority of master trusts support collaboration to overcome delivery barriers
Majority of master trusts support collaboration to overcome delivery barriers

Some 87% of master trusts support future collaborative efforts to overcome barriers to good service delivery, the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) says.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 05 December 2018
CMA report 'pragmatic and realistic' while mandatory tendering 'will bring better value'
CMA report 'pragmatic and realistic' while mandatory tendering 'will bring better value'

Proposals for mandatory tendering of fiduciary management services, as well as additional guidance for trustees, have been welcomed by industry commentators albeit with some caution.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 18 July 2018
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included the Insolvency Service disqualifying four pension directors from running companies for a total of 21 years for their role in the businesses' mismanagement of member funds.

  • Industry
  • 13 July 2018
PMI gets new president as Branagh steps down
PMI gets new president as Branagh steps down

Lesley Carline has been elected as the new president of the Pensions Management Institute (PMI). She speaks to Victoria Ticha about her plans

  • Industry
  • 13 July 2018
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