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What is ‘natural capital’ and how can schemes invest?

Alina Donets

Video: Alina Donets, portfolio manager at Lombard Odier Investment Managers, explains how pension schemes can take advantage of investment opportunities in natural capital.

Is this really the right time for auto-enrolment expansion?

Podcasts

Podcast: LCP partner Mary Spencer and Cartwright’s director of investment consulting Sam Roberts debate the merits of expanding auto-enrolment, discuss pension schemes’ reaction to war in Ukraine, and explore the industry’s readiness for long-term inflation.

Schemes can support the great renewable energy transition

Michael Urban

Video: As Europe is disrupted by an energy crisis, pension schemes can participate in the transition from fossil fuels into wind and solar energy, argues Michael Urban, deputy head of sustainability research at Lombard Odier Investment Managers.

Schemes don’t need all the answers to start their net zero journey

Thomas Höhne-Sparborth

Video: Pension schemes can embark on a net zero journey without having solutions to realign the entirety of their portfolio as of today, argues Thomas Höhne-Sparborth, head of sustainability research at Lombard Odier Investment Managers.

Top tips for success at the PIPAs

Podcasts

Podcast: Barnett Waddingham’s Danielle Markham and Teneo’s Simon Kew — two of the judges for the Pension and Investment Provider Awards 2022 — and LCP’s Stephen Budge, the architect of an award-winning entry in 2021, discuss how to achieve gold in one of the industry's most desired distinctions.

Schemes need to constantly engage with managers to achieve net zero

Podcasts

Podcast: Lombard Odier Investment Managers’ Thomas Höhne-Sparborth and the Environment Agency Pension Fund’s Marion Maloney discuss how schemes can put in place and achieve net zero targets.

DC focus must ‘fundamentally shift’ from costs to value in 2022

Podcasts

Podcast: Darren Philp, director of policy and communication at Smart Pension, and Mike Ambery, partner at Hymans Robertson, discuss the defined contribution outlook, expanding auto-enrolment, and reforming Solvency II.

How to bridge the pensions gap

Joanne Segars

Video: Joanne Segars, chair of Now Pensions’ trustee board, discusses the conclusions of a new report into the UK’s ‘underpensioned’ populations produced by the master trust and the Pensions Policy Institute, potential policy changes, and what trustees can do to help their members.

Solving the UK’s ‘underpensioned’ problem

Podcasts

Podcast: Now Pensions’ Samantha Gould and Pensions Policy Institute’s Lauren Wilkinson talk us through the findings of a recent research report into the UK’s ‘underpensioned’ problem, and the policy initiatives that could help bridge the gaps.

McCloud costs dispute could damage members’ morale

Podcasts

Podcast: Hymans Robertson partner Michael Ambery and Quietroom co-founder Mark Scantlebury discuss McCloud, the statements season, and the evolution of member communications.