NAPF Investment Conference 2014: The John Lewis Partnership's defined contribution scheme will not consider offering income guarantees to its members, unless a legislative framework is put in place to deliver them.
Push to extend trustee diversity efforts to company board selections
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March 7, 2014
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: Pension trustee boards can provide a governance training ground for mid-level executives looking to get onto company boards, but diversity efforts have stumbled among member-nominated trustees, experts have said.
Charges cap stifles investment sophistication, say experts
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March 6, 2014
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: A cap on annual management charges could lead to actively managed funds becoming unavailable to DC schemes, industry figures have said, as they called for greater transparency and innovation in DC investment.
RPMI ups emerging market exposure to drive returns
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March 6, 2014
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: The Railways Pension Scheme aired plans to increase its exposure to emerging markets, including investment in alternatives, as it seeks further return drivers.
End of contracting-out adds urgency to CDC decision
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March 6, 2014
Data analysis: Data show more than four-fifths of active defined benefit members remain contracted out, as consultants have said the costs associated with ending the arrangement have bolstered the hunt for alternatives.
Education key as employers stretch to reach pension goals
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March 5, 2014
News analysis: Companies need to better educate staff to encourage responsibility for pension saving, as research has highlighted a misalignment between employers’ goals and the outcomes of their defined contribution plans.
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.
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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