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Talk of a dashboard delay is 'just plain wrong'
Talk of a dashboard delay is 'just plain wrong'

Kim Gubler says the project to deliver the pensions dashboard is on track and that talk of a delay is incorrect.

  • Industry
  • 25 January 2021
Con Keating: Buzz views show true depth of DB funding code disquiet
Con Keating: Buzz views show true depth of DB funding code disquiet

Con Keating says last week’s Pensions Buzz survey indicates the true feeling of directly affected schemes to The Pensions Regulator’s DB funding code proposals.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 25 January 2021
New year, new you? - New Year's (pensions) resolutions
New year, new you? - New Year's (pensions) resolutions

Jake Churchill and Grant Suckling set out their five aims for pensions in 2021.

  • Industry
  • 12 January 2021
Building back better: Hopes and fears for 2021
Building back better: Hopes and fears for 2021

While the pandemic will obviously leave its mark on UK schemes, there are hopes for some positive moves in 2021, says Matthew Arends

  • Industry
  • 24 December 2020
Looking at 2021 in 3D: Debt, deglobalisation and diversity
Looking at 2021 in 3D: Debt, deglobalisation and diversity

Dr Dambisa Moyo looks at how three preeminent trends will dominate throughout the next year

  • Investment
  • 23 December 2020
The top 20 opinion articles of 2020
The top 20 opinion articles of 2020

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.

  • Industry
  • 23 December 2020
Durable partnership needed to overcome gargantuan small pots issue
Durable partnership needed to overcome gargantuan small pots issue

Tim Gosling says the small pots working group’s report is a reasonable first step that recognises diverse views to come up with a way forward.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 18 December 2020
Making pensions simple again
Making pensions simple again

Girish Menezes looks at whether the two-page simpler annual statement is effective at giving members the detail they need

  • Defined Contribution
  • 16 December 2020
Divestment alone dangerously undermines pursuit of zero-carbon economy
Divestment alone dangerously undermines pursuit of zero-carbon economy

Dr Pooja Khosla and Amer Khan argue that schemes should use their monetary power to seek change rather than divest.

  • Investment
  • 16 December 2020
Is P2P property lending about to become a key part of every pension portfolio?
Is P2P property lending about to become a key part of every pension portfolio?

The prime minister’s pledge to ‘build, build, build’ may be a leapfrog moment for UK housebuilding, says Roxana Mohammadian-Molina, but to succeed a national funding effort is required.

  • Investment
  • 16 December 2020
We must remove barriers that prevent investing in unlisted equities
We must remove barriers that prevent investing in unlisted equities

The charge cap must exclude performance fees to allow pension funds to invest in unlisted equities, says Stephen Welton.

  • Investment
  • 15 December 2020
Good governance is always the goal
Good governance is always the goal

If we were voting for a pensions buzzword of 2020, ‘consolidation’ would be a clear winner, Mark Evans writes. But to what extent can it, and its benefits, be applied to governance?

  • Industry
  • 11 December 2020
Is government trying to end open DB?
Is government trying to end open DB?

With a total market value of over £2trn, defined benefit (DB) pensions are an enormous financial resource, says Baroness Ros Altmann. But quantitative easing (QE) has caused significant damage to pension funding.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 09 December 2020
Industry should not be making 'rash predictions' over DB funding code
Industry should not be making 'rash predictions' over DB funding code

The Pensions Regulator's David Fairs looks to bust some of the myths he says have grown up around the proposals for a new DB funding code.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 09 December 2020
2021 is our chance to get the ball rolling on AE reform
2021 is our chance to get the ball rolling on AE reform

After a tumultuous year for every industry, James Phillips says 2021 can give the pensions industry and government a chance to tackle the long-term needs in retirement savings.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 07 December 2020
Guy Opperman: Dashboards and consolidation go hand-in-hand
Guy Opperman: Dashboards and consolidation go hand-in-hand

In the last of a five-part series of articles for PP, pensions minister Guy Opperman explains how pension dashboards will help consolidate pensions.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 04 December 2020
Guy Opperman: Funding measures protect the pension scheme member
Guy Opperman: Funding measures protect the pension scheme member

In the fourth of a five-part series of articles for PP, pensions minister Guy Opperman sets out how revised funding arrangements for defined benefit schemes will better protect members.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 03 December 2020
Guy Opperman: Scam crackdown to protect savers
Guy Opperman: Scam crackdown to protect savers

In the third of a five-part series of articles for PP, pensions minister Guy Opperman sets out how impending legislation will help crackdown on 'crooks' scamming people out of their pensions.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 02 December 2020
Guy Opperman: Climate change clauses a game changer for pension investment
Guy Opperman: Climate change clauses a game changer for pension investment

In the second of a five-part series of articles for PP, pensions minister Guy Opperman talks about putting trustees’ duty to manage climate risk on a statutory footing

  • Law and Regulation
  • 01 December 2020
Guy Opperman: Bill is a pathway for safer, better and greener pensions
Guy Opperman: Bill is a pathway for safer, better and greener pensions

In the first of a five-part series of articles for PP, pensions minister Guy Opperman sets out how impending legislation will improve pensions for members.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 30 November 2020
All I want for Christmas is... a submitted CMA compliance statement
All I want for Christmas is... a submitted CMA compliance statement

We are now approaching the first anniversary of trustees required to set strategic objectives for their investment consultants, Grant Suckling writes.

  • Regulation
  • 24 November 2020
FCA must stop DB transfer history repeating
FCA must stop DB transfer history repeating

Regulators must act now to impose some "proper regulation" to stop another defined benefit (DB) transfer advice disaster, saysTim Sargisson.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 20 November 2020
Funding negotiations in uncertain times
Funding negotiations in uncertain times

Joanna Smith says trustees will need to accurately identify if covenant issues are short-term affordability concerns, or the start of more material deterioration.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 19 November 2020
TPR: Why we must stand together against pension scams
TPR: Why we must stand together against pension scams

Pension scams are not just about the money lost, but the lives devastated, says Nicola Parish, so the industry must unite to defeat this scourge.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 12 November 2020
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