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The top 20 opinion articles of 2019
What were some of the most read opinion pieces on Professional Pensions over the last 12 months? We look at some of the top articles from our commentators during the year.
Scottish Friendly completes Canada Life pension book acquisition
Mutual Scottish Friendly has completed the acquisition of a back book of life and pension policies from financial services provider Canada Life.
Pension risk highlighted as UK system lags in global retirement rankings
The UK has failed to impress in an international analysis of pension systems due to serious concerns over sustainability.
Six ways to boost your pension pot
Putting together a pension fund can be tricky to tackle, whether you have just set foot into the world of work, or have been working for years and are approaching retirement. Emily McKinnon looks at effective ways of saving for retirement.
Trustee enquiries about bundling admin and investment rise 50% at Aviva
Aviva has seen a 50% year-on-year increase in the number of enquiries from pension schemes that use investment and administration on separate platforms seeking to move to a bundled provider.
The new rules of engagement for pension funds
Robert Branagh calls on the industry to embrace this new world as an opportunity, not a problem
XPS to buy Royal London's corporate pensions business
XPS Pensions Group has announced plans to acquire Royal London's corporate pension services division for a cash consideration of £4.8m.
My concerns over DB data and dashboard
Paul McGlone says let's start with the basics, re-unite members with their DB schemes, and provide some very basic information
Croydon sets up asset-backed funding to reduce pension contributions
An innovative funding structure has been agreed for Croydon Pension Fund. However, there are some concerns about the arrangement. Stephanie Baxter reports
Why should a rising star join pensions?
Girish Menezes says we must not forget our young pension professionals and rising stars are critical stakeholders within the equation
Industry split on views to launch the dashboard on voluntary basis
This week's 103 Pensions Buzz respondents were equally split on whether the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is right to launch the dashboard on a voluntary participation basis, as was announced on Monday.
Reliable data central to confidence in dashboard
Ros Altmann says there is no need for any legislation to get the dashboard project moving, and the first step could be to sort out data accuracy and reliability issues
Companies told to cut higher pension contributions for bosses
Employers that dish out higher pension contributions to directors than junior staff will face shareholder revolt if they fail to axe such practices.
Employee flexibility in pension contributions set to triple
The number of companies offering employees flexibility in use of pension contributions is set to triple over the next two years, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) says.
Partnership deal agreed between ABI and NEST
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) and the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) have agreed a partnership deal in a bid to formalise their relationship.
We are letting down pension fund members
Colin Meech says lack of clarity means workers and their employers don't know whether they're getting value for money or how investments are performing
UK moves up one place in global retirement ranking
The UK has moved up one place in this year's Natixis Global Retirement Index (GRI) - seeing improvements in health and wellbeing dragged down by performance of retirement prospects in general.
Lessons from Lehman for pension trustees
A decade after the crisis, Rory Murphy says the industry must embrace the same approach to consumer engagement that is benefitting innovators in banking and retail
Tax rules and pensions: A very toxic mix
Malcolm McClean questions whether we really need the complex tapered annual allowance, lifetime allowance and money purchase annual allowance at all
Centrica's pension deficit falls by £857m in H1
Centrica has announced the funding hole across its pension schemes fell by 97% to £29m at the end of June 2018.
Fidelity: 'Gender pension gap' sees women losing out by over 10%
Young women are likely to end up with a pension pot nearly 11% smaller than that of male counterparts, with a number of barriers preventing women from investing, according to a new report by Fidelity International.
Government to work with industry on growing social impact investment
The government will encourage investors to support social impact programmes by working with the investments and saving industry, it has announced.
TPO and TPR share information to boost standards and protect members
The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) have signed an information-sharing agreement to enhance their combined knowledge and understanding of developing issues.
PPF appoints two non-executive directors to board
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has appointed Chris Cheetham and Emmy Labovitch to its board as non-executive directors.
