Pensions Buzz

Industry does not take climate risk to heart in its investment decisions, PP research reveals.

Industry believes stopping schemes from buying gilts would be a bad idea, PP research finds

The government should not impose a blanket ban on members transferring their defined benefit (DB) funds, according to an overwhelming 90% of Pensions Buzz respondents.

This week we want to know whether the government should ditch the triple lock for state pensions and instead move to a double lock policy to potentially save £6bn a year.

Any surplus funds the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) accumulates should not be returned to the levy payers who provided them, according to almost 60% of respondents.

This week we want to know if Theresa May's (pictured above) government is downgrading pensions and if capital adequacy requirements for master trusts could make them insolvent.

There must be clarity on tax relief sooner rather than later according to PP research.

This week we want to know what single area listed in Ros Altmann's resignation letter as priorities is the most important.

Trustees need to think about the consequences of Brexit according to PP research.

This week we want to know if schemes need a different approach in how they calculate liabilities and if NEST will repay its loan to the government.