The proportion of pension schemes with multi-asset fund exposure has risen to 83 per cent, up from 70 per cent just six months ago, as schemes look to control volatility and mitigate macroeconomic risk.
BP fund moves to guard against covenant risk
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March 10, 2014
BP Pension Scheme has formalised a derisking framework with its sponsor to dampen covenant, asset value and investment risks, delegates at the National Association of Pension Funds’ investment conference 2014 heard last week.
Only a third of workers alerted to AE by employer
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March 10, 2014
Data analysis: Nearly two-thirds of workers heard about auto-enrolment through the media rather than from their workplace, sparking concerns that employers are not playing a strong enough role in communicating the reform.
Civil partner rule uncertainty poses questions for trustees
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March 10, 2014
Schemes may want to consider holding off adjusting their spousal benefits, after a tribunal overturned a previous ruling that deemed entitlements should take into account membership pre-dating the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
Diageo: CDC could help overcome lack of member knowledge
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March 7, 2014
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: Collective defined contribution could be a way forward for schemes trying to "give members what they want" and avoid burdening them with decisions, said Diageo's director of pensions.
John Lewis favours risk controls to deliver member outcomes
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March 7, 2014
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: The John Lewis Partnership's DC scheme will not consider offering income guarantees to its members, unless a legislative framework is put in place to deliver them.
Comment & Analysis
AE collaborations are a cop-out
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March 4, 2014
In the latest Informed Comment Pension Playpen's Henry Tapper scrutinises auto-enrolment provider-consultant collaborations.
LGPS reform – the final furlong
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March 4, 2014
Talking head: LPFA's Mike Allen explains how LGPS reforms are being put in place at the scheme.
Exploring the impact of the government's 'money purchase' change
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March 4, 2014
Sacker's Zoë Lynch assesses the impact of the change to the definition of money purchase on schemes in this week's edition of Technical Comment.
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How the Pensions Trust ensures fiduciary management value
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February 27, 2014
Video: Sarah Smart, chair of the trustee board at the Pensions Trust, says its fiduciary management set-up has outperformed its target at lower risk than budgeted for, and explains how the scheme monitors this arrangement (5:56).
How emerging market volatility hits your EMD portfolio
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February 6, 2014
Video: In this first edition of The Review, Insight's Colm McDonagh and Towers Watson's Ed Britton discuss the impact of recent emerging market volatility on pension funds' sovereign debt holdings, and assess value in the market (5:43).
LPFA eyes increase to illiquid assets
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January 23, 2014
Video: London Pensions Fund Authority's Susan Martin explains its plans to collaborate with other organisations and schemes to up its allocation to infrastructure and private equity, in this edition of Policymakers and Decision-makers (5:08).
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