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      Admin & Data Forum 2021

      This concise half-day event will explore a variety of different issues affecting scheme managers, through a combination of informative presentations and interactive panel debates, including GMP equalisation, the pensions dashboard, the accuracy and quality of members data and the latest trends in scheme administration.

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      Professional Pensions is hosting this concise digital event on the 25th March to provide a crucial update on where the current regulation stands on DB Consolidators, assess the different models available, what the expected funding levels are and the governance requirements. This event will be a combination of short presentations followed by live Q&A’s with our expert speakers allowing plenty of time to answer your questions.

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      Sustainable Investment Festival 2021

      The Sustainable Investment Festival will run online from 22-24 June and will include thought-provoking presentations from renowned keynote speakers, innovative breakout events and sessions specifically tailored to meet the information needs of fund selectors, financial advisers, pension consultants, trustees and scheme managers.

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      UK Pensions Awards 2021

      The UK Pensions Awards – now in their 24th year – remain the industry's most prestigious accolades. They shine the light on excellence and recognise the advisers, providers and investment managers that offer the highest level of innovation, performance and service to occupational pension schemes and their members, and have done the most to improve this over the past year.

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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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      Pension freedoms three years on

      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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Pensions Institute

The 15 principles for modelling DC schemes

Here are the 15 principles Cass Business School's Pensions Institute believe should underpin the modelling of defined contribution schemes.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 26 March 2013
Pensions Institute launches consultation on 'very badly designed' DC

Academics have launched a consultation to establish the best way to model defined contribution schemes which could have "uncomfortable implications for plan members".

  • Defined Contribution
  • 26 March 2013
Webb reiterates support for guaranteed return model of DA

Pensions minister Steve Webb has reiterated his interest in providing guaranteed returns in defined contribution schemes to create of risk-sharing ‘defined ambition' vehicles, describing it as a "stunning sales pitch".

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  • 05 March 2013
'Ground-breaking' mortality model blueprint launched by Pensions Institute

A blueprint for constructing mortality models tailored to specific scheme memberships has been developed by academics at Cass Business School's Pensions Institute.

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  • 14 February 2013
First medically underwritten buy-ins cut cost by 10% - Pensions Institute

Partnership has completed two medically underwritten buy-ins in a development academics say could kick-start a £380bn market.

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  • 04 February 2013
London LGPS 'fundamentally flawed': Pensions Institute

London's local government pension schemes are poorly and inconsistently governed due to "fundamental flaws" that could threaten their sustainability, the Pensions Institute says.

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  • 12 November 2012
Pensions Institute: 'Dysfunctional' DC funds halve retirement incomes

The defined contribution market is "dysfunctional" and marked by "disingenuous" fund charges which halve the retirement income of members in low-cost schemes, the Pensions Institute says.

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  • 11 October 2012
Comment: Members need help to shop around

Jenna Towler comments on getting the best deal

  • Industry
  • 07 February 2012
Bad habits make smarter saving

Jonathan Stapleton looks at how to improve decumulation decisions

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  • 04 November 2010
Behavioural economics can optimise savings

Behavioural economics can be adopted to improve the expenditure decisions of retirees, the Pensions Institute says.

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  • 01 November 2010
Indian Summer shines on VQ candidates success

In this article, PMI's head of vocational qualifications Sarah Howlett talks about the PMI examinations that are now being offered in India

  • Industry
  • 19 August 2010
'Radical' annuity reform may harm taxpayers

The government's "radical" annuity reform could have serious consequences for retirement incomes and public finances, the Cass Business School warns.

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  • 05 August 2010
DC World poll

The Pensions Institute has warned that the "administrative nightmare" of auto-enrolment into NEST will divert necessary attention from the scheme's investment strategy. Do you agree?

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  • 22 February 2010
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