Industry experts have predicted asset-backed funding strategies would survive a Scottish independence 'Yes' vote as well as current regulatory scrutiny, as greater accessibility has seen the average size of these structures decrease.
Multi-asset exposure surges as schemes focus on volatility
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March 11, 2014
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.
Comment & Analysis
Why the reg's DC code is near impossible for lay trustees
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March 12, 2014
PMI president Paul Couchman takes aim at the regulatory burden of the new defined contribution code on lay trustees in particular, and argues it is "highly likely" more than one in four schemes are non-compliant, in this week's Informed Comment.
How to build your risk committee
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March 12, 2014
As more defined benefit schemes follow a derisking plan towards their end point, monitoring and managing risk grows ever more important.
Editorial: Undercutting the 'cartel'
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March 12, 2014
How to achieve the right asset mix was the perennial question dominating last week’s NAPF conference in Edinburgh. So where should trustees focus in order to meet their current and future liabilities?
Video
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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