Opinion

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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.