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Why efforts to engage people with pensions will struggle
Why efforts to engage people with pensions will struggle

Pension Awareness Day - the awareness campaign launched by the amazing folk over at Pension Geeks - takes place this Sunday (15 September) and is the culmination of a week-long roadshow across the country aimed at making the topic of pensions more appealing....

  • Communication
  • 12 September 2019
Shining a spotlight on professional trusteeship
Shining a spotlight on professional trusteeship

Matthew Giles looks at how the new standards and accreditation framework will impact professional trustees

  • Law and Regulation
  • 23 July 2019
We need legislation on DB transfers
We need legislation on DB transfers

Margaret Snowdon says the industry remains handicapped, regardless of multiple layers of protection adopted on a voluntary basis

  • Admin / Technology
  • 18 July 2019
Employers say master trusts are best pension for employees
Employers say master trusts are best pension for employees

Nearly 60% of UK employers consider defined contribution (DC) master trusts to be the "most suitable" pension fund for their employees, according to research by Buck.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 17 July 2019
PPF funding ratio falls 4.2 points after absorbing Kodak scheme
PPF funding ratio falls 4.2 points after absorbing Kodak scheme

The lifeboat fund's reserves have fallen by £0.6bn but investment performance weathered significant market volatility, increasing assets under management by £2bn.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 04 July 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories include ITS' management buyout from Mercer, and The Pensions Regulator launching a probe into single-employer defined contribution schemes' default funds.

  • Industry
  • 14 June 2019
How diverse are trustee boards at master trusts?
How diverse are trustee boards at master trusts?

Many master trust boards lack diversity, yet the ultimate goal should be to achieve cognitive inclusion to represent a large cohort of DC members, writes Kim Kaveh.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 10 June 2019
The dangers lurking in investment manager contracts
The dangers lurking in investment manager contracts

Judith Donnelly explains why pension trustees need to review and negotiate investment documents and highlights some of the worst examples of unfair clauses

  • Law and Regulation
  • 30 May 2019
Unpacking gender inequality
Unpacking gender inequality

Gregg McClymont says to really tackle the gender pensions gap, the government must look at measures to improve childcare provision across the UK

  • Industry
  • 29 May 2019
Read all about it
Read all about it

Alan Pickering says lay trustees have to subscribe to lifelong learning, often picking up new skills on the way

  • Industry
  • 13 May 2019
Back to Buck: How the consultancy returned to its roots
Back to Buck: How the consultancy returned to its roots

After many changes in name and ownership over the past 22 years, Buck has gone back to its roots. David Piltz tells Stephanie Baxter why being smaller and nimbler is better

  • Industry
  • 07 May 2019
Keep on running: The challenges of a self-sufficiency approach
Keep on running: The challenges of a self-sufficiency approach

Boris Mikhailov looks at the risks and benefits for schemes targeting self-sufficiency

  • Risk Reduction
  • 07 May 2019
LISA or a pension pot… or both?
LISA or a pension pot… or both?

Michael Johnson compares a pension pot with a Lifetime ISA from the perspective of a millennial

  • Industry
  • 15 April 2019
We have more to do on pensions scams
We have more to do on pensions scams

Margaret Snowdon says while there has been progress on tackling scams, particularly on cold calling, trustees are not out of the woods yet

  • Industry
  • 05 April 2019
We should welcome TPR's involvement in the LGPS
We should welcome TPR's involvement in the LGPS

John Gray predicts teething problems ahead and says regulation will result in a cultural shock for some schemes

  • Defined Benefit
  • 03 April 2019
A Brexit-obsessed government is not all good for pensions
A Brexit-obsessed government is not all good for pensions

Steve Webb says the sooner government as a whole, and HMRC in particular, has the bandwidth to return to the domestic agenda, the better it will be

  • Law and Regulation
  • 02 April 2019
The big issue with small pots
The big issue with small pots

Troy Clutterbuck says action must be taken by all involved to ensure that the £400m - and growing - of unclaimed pension savings are not lost entirely

  • Defined Contribution
  • 01 April 2019
Targeting the key to DC success
Targeting the key to DC success

Targets for retirement income can help individuals improve outcomes for retirement. Paul Waters looks at how such an approach can work

  • Defined Contribution
  • 26 March 2019
New insights into Antipodean pensions
New insights into Antipodean pensions

Both New Zealand and Australia are assessing myriad complex pension policy options. David Harris says the UK would do well to study these developments

  • Defined Contribution
  • 20 March 2019
Brexit may turn out to be an oddly golden era for pensions
Brexit may turn out to be an oddly golden era for pensions

Robin Ellison says the one great advantage of the Brexit experience has been the inability of government to pass much new legislation affecting pensions

  • Law and Regulation
  • 14 March 2019
DWP: 'Newborn' employers and workers 'positive' about AE contribution rate rises
DWP: 'Newborn' employers and workers 'positive' about AE contribution rate rises

The government has explored the views and experiences of the most recent cohort of employers who were required to implement AE, and their workers. Kim Kaveh looks at the findings

  • Defined Contribution
  • 26 February 2019
Innovation in LGPS funding
Innovation in LGPS funding

Stephanie Baxter says some local councils' attempts to find new ways to make savings are welcome but must have strong safeguards

  • Risk Reduction
  • 26 February 2019
Don't exclude MNTs from DB superfunds
Don't exclude MNTs from DB superfunds

David Weeks says there is a mismatch in superfunds that claim to be member friendly but then exclude member representation from their governance

  • Defined Benefit
  • 22 February 2019
Good communications are more important than ever
Good communications are more important than ever

Malcolm Mclean says getting the channels of communication right and engaging more openly is a good starting point

  • Admin / Technology
  • 15 February 2019
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