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TCFD helps schemes to understand financial risks

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Podcast: Will Martindale, group head of sustainability at Cardano, and Joanne Segars, chair of the board of directors of LGPS Central and chair of Now Pensions, discuss how schemes can best implement the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures requirements.

Too much jargon hampers sustainable investing drive

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Podcast: Georgia Stewart, chief executive of Tumelo, and Chris Hulatt, co-founder of Octopus Group, talk sustainability, inter-generational fairness and cryptocurrencies.

Tapping DC for Long-Term Assets Fund requires ‘rigorous’ scrutiny

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Podcast: PensionBee chief executive Romi Savova and Jonathan Parker, head of DC and financial wellbeing at Redington, discuss the government’s proposed Long-Term Assets Fund, rumours of a tax raid, and the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s new Responsible Investment Quality Mark.

Treasury ‘ignored advice’ in public sector pension reforms

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Podcast: Ian Neale, co-founder of Aries Insight, and Claire Carey, partner at Sackers, discuss a parliamentary report identifying failings in the public sector schemes reform, industry consultation fatigue, and the new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures reporting requirements.

Trustees should focus more on scheme admin in anti-scam fight

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Podcast: LCP partner Francesca Bailey and Pensions Management Institute president Lesley Alexander discuss pension scams, dashboards and corporate activity.

Police officers let down by poor McCloud communication

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Podcast: Quietroom development lead Joe Craig and Taylor Wessing senior associate Hadassah Shulman discuss the implications of the McCloud remedy for police officers, simpler annual statements, and the government’s anti-scam proposals.

Pension schemes’ under-allocation to China is ‘anachronistic’

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Podcast: RisCura investment consultant Lars Hagenbuch and SEI Investments director Cyprian Njamma discuss the low exposure to Chinese assets within UK pension schemes, in an episode also covering Covid-19 mortality data and the Pensions Regulator’s proposed asset information reform.

Illiquids not necessarily the answer for DC

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Podcast: Brian Henderson, partner and director of consulting at Mercer, and Shola Salako, professional trustee at Dalriada, discuss alternatives to illiquids in defined contribution pension portfolios, putting the S in ESG, and fixing the problems with chair’s statements.

Treasury admin fund could help tackle McCloud

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Podcast: Ray Martin, director at HS Sole Trustees, and Kim Gubler, chair of the Pensions Administration and Standards Association, discuss TPR’s new climate change agenda, the NAO’s warning about the burdensome McCloud judgment, and a bizarre proposal for a national pension fund.

Fairs: TPR’s criminal powers policy will evolve with experience

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Podcast: The Pensions Regulator’s policy around the use of its controversial new powers “will evolve” in response to evidence, court cases and industry experience, its director of regulatory policy, analysis and advice, David Fairs, has revealed.