Welcome to Pensions Expert. This site uses cookies. Read our policy.

  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to navigation
A service from DG Publishing
Site name
Search sponsor
Site name
Mast navigation
  • Register
  • Sign In
Search our site
Menu
Close menu
  • Latest
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Latest
    • Pension Schemes Bill
    • People News
    • Comment & Opinion
    • Dear Pensions Commission
    • Interviews
    • In Depth
    • Always A Pensions Angle
    • Partner Content
    • Video
    • The Friday Takeaway
  • LGPS
  • Defined Benefit
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Defined Benefit
    • Bulk annuities
    • Pension Protection Fund
    • Funding and surplus
    • Public sector
  • Defined Contribution
  • Dashboards
  • Law & Regulation
  • Investment
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Investment
    • Investing in the UK
    • Private markets
    • Infrastructure
    • ESG
    • Fiduciary management
    • Liability-driven investment
    • Pensions UK Investment Conference
  • Events
  • Latest
      • Pension Schemes Bill
      • People News
      • Comment & Opinion
      • Dear Pensions Commission
      • Interviews
      • In Depth
      • Always A Pensions Angle
      • Partner Content
      • Video
      • The Friday Takeaway
    • Timpson shop front
      Timpsons backs new CDC launch Arboreum Pensions
    • TPR, The Pensions Regulator
      Inside the Pensions Regulator’s new approach to enforcement
    • Increase, growth, consolidation, arrows
      Scale expectations must be grounded in reality, industry says
  • LGPS
  • Defined Benefit
      • Bulk annuities
      • Pension Protection Fund
      • Funding and surplus
      • Public sector
    • Handshake 2
      Inside the deal: How collaboration helped Mercer’s master trust seal a triple buy-in
    • Lou Davey headshot
      Surplus is not a windfall – it is a governance test
    • Meeting, decisions, board
      Trustees urged to clarify surplus ownership as corporates focus more on DB schemes
  • Defined Contribution
  • Dashboards
  • Law & Regulation
  • Investment
      • Investing in the UK
      • Private markets
      • Infrastructure
      • ESG
      • Fiduciary management
      • Liability-driven investment
      • Pensions UK Investment Conference
    • Rail, train, tanker, industrial, freight
      Investment latest: USS acquires rail company; Insight nets £1bn mandate
    • Vote, meeting, hands, survey, poll
      Government criticised over plans to allow online-only shareholder meetings
    • Anna Rule, Railpen
      Railpen: The UK has the ideas, now it has the capital to back UK scale-up businesses
  • Events
  • More navigation items
Carol Young, USS, Torsten Bell, Pensions UK Investment Conference

Pensions UK Investment Conference

View all chapters

All the coverage from the three-day industry gathering in Edinburgh.

  • 1
    Carol Young, USS, Torsten Bell, Pensions UK Investment Conference

    Volatility, value, and venture: All the headlines from the Pensions UK Investment Conference

  • 2
    Vote, meeting, hands, survey, poll

    Why Nest is embracing deliberative democracy

  • 3
    Torsten Bell, Pensions UK Investment Conference 1

    Government to limit scope of mandation clause, pensions minister says

  • 4
    Carol Young, USS, Pensions UK Investment Conference

    ‘Mess with fiduciary duty at your peril’: USS chief welcomes government approach

  • 5
    Edinburgh, Scotland

    Bell defends salary sacrifice cap and rejects incentive concerns

  • 6
    CIO panel, Pensions UK Investment Conference

    How the UK’s largest pension schemes have navigated recent volatility

  • 7
    Victoria Street, Edinburgh

    Government bodies advocate ‘significant’ opportunity in venture capital

  • 8
    Traffic light, amber

    Amber alert: Industry weighs risks of Value for Money ratings

  • 9
    Meeting, discussion, charts

    To insource or to outsource? That is the question

  • 10
    Caroline Lucas, Gregg McClymont, Michael Gove, Pensions UK Investment Conference 2026 1

    Is ESG investing in the best interests of pension scheme members? [Updated]

  • Edinburgh, Scotland Currently reading

    Always A Pensions Angle: Live From Edinburgh!

  • 12
    Meeting, decisions, board

    Lay trustees remain important as sector consolidates, government says

Always A Pensions Angle
Torsten Bell, Pensions UK Investment Conference 3

Related audio

  • Water, tap, drip

    Always A Pensions Angle: Plumbing the depths of section 75

  • Pension saving, pot, adequacy, low income

    Always A Pensions Angle: What the Commission heard…

  • On air, podcast, microphone

    Always A Pensions Angle: Gold Stars and Grey Areas - LGPS Guidance Unpacked

  • SpaceX logo

    Always A Pensions Angle: SpaceX, Surpluses, and the Senior LGPS Officer

  • FIFA World Cup trophy

    Always A Pensions Angle: The World Cup of Pensions

Always A Pensions Angle: Live From Edinburgh!

2026-03-13T11:20:00+00:00

In this special edition of the Always a Pensions Angle podcast, Nick and Tom give us the lowdown on all the biggest stories to come out of the recent Pensions UK Investment Conference in Edinburgh.

Reporting from the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, your hosts explore key themes from pensions minister Torsten Bell’s speech, the response to mandation from Conservative minister Helen Whately, progress towards reforms in the LGPS, and several other big investment and policy stories.

Subscribe via Acast or wherever you get your podcasts.

Always A Pensions Angle

Topics

  • Pensions UK Investment Conference
  • Podcasts

Pensions UK Investment Conference

Carol Young, USS, Torsten Bell, Pensions UK Investment Conference

All the coverage from the three-day industry gathering in Edinburgh.

  • 1
    Carol Young, USS, Torsten Bell, Pensions UK Investment Conference

    Volatility, value, and venture: All the headlines from the Pensions UK Investment Conference

  • 2
    Vote, meeting, hands, survey, poll

    Why Nest is embracing deliberative democracy

  • 3
    Torsten Bell, Pensions UK Investment Conference 1

    Government to limit scope of mandation clause, pensions minister says

  • 4
    Carol Young, USS, Pensions UK Investment Conference

    ‘Mess with fiduciary duty at your peril’: USS chief welcomes government approach

  • 5
    Edinburgh, Scotland

    Bell defends salary sacrifice cap and rejects incentive concerns

  • 6
    CIO panel, Pensions UK Investment Conference

    How the UK’s largest pension schemes have navigated recent volatility

  • 7
    Victoria Street, Edinburgh

    Government bodies advocate ‘significant’ opportunity in venture capital

  • 8
    Traffic light, amber

    Amber alert: Industry weighs risks of Value for Money ratings

  • 9
    Meeting, discussion, charts

    To insource or to outsource? That is the question

  • 10
    Caroline Lucas, Gregg McClymont, Michael Gove, Pensions UK Investment Conference 2026 1

    Is ESG investing in the best interests of pension scheme members? [Updated]

  • Edinburgh, Scotland Currently reading

    Always A Pensions Angle: Live From Edinburgh!

  • 12
    Meeting, decisions, board

    Lay trustees remain important as sector consolidates, government says

Latest audio

  • Water, tap, drip
    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Plumbing the depths of section 75

    2026-08-03T15:45:00Z

    By Always A Pensions Angle

  • Pension saving, pot, adequacy, low income
    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: What the Commission heard…

    2026-07-21T12:47:00Z

    By Always A Pensions Angle

  • On air, podcast, microphone
    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Gold Stars and Grey Areas - LGPS Guidance Unpacked

    2026-07-06T16:25:00Z

    By Always A Pensions Angle

  • SpaceX logo
    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: SpaceX, Surpluses, and the Senior LGPS Officer

    2026-06-22T09:37:00Z

    By Always A Pensions Angle

  • FIFA World Cup trophy
    Features

    Always A Pensions Angle: The World Cup of Pensions

    2026-06-10T15:32:00Z

    By Always A Pensions Angle

  • Deadline
    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Fit for the Future, Dashboards, and Retirement Living Standards

    2026-06-08T17:05:00Z

    By Always A Pensions Angle

Related articles

  • Water, tap, drip

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Plumbing the depths of section 75

    2026-08-03T15:45:00Z

  • Pension saving, pot, adequacy, low income

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: What the Commission heard…

    2026-07-21T12:47:00Z

  • On air, podcast, microphone

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Gold Stars and Grey Areas - LGPS Guidance Unpacked

    2026-07-06T16:25:00Z

  • SpaceX logo

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: SpaceX, Surpluses, and the Senior LGPS Officer

    2026-06-22T09:37:00Z

  • FIFA World Cup trophy

    Features

    Always A Pensions Angle: The World Cup of Pensions

    2026-06-10T15:32:00Z

  • Deadline

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Fit for the Future, Dashboards, and Retirement Living Standards

    2026-06-08T17:05:00Z

  • Robot, technology, artificial intelligence, AI

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: The Report, the Gap and the Robot in the Room

    2026-05-26T05:00:00Z

  • Joe McDonnell, Border to Coast

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Border to Coast CIO Joe McDonnell

    2026-05-19T15:21:00Z

More Always A Pensions Angle

  • LGPS Pooling Symposium May 2026

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Live from the LGPS Pooling Symposium

    2026-05-08T16:51:00Z

  • London, Big Ben

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Ping pong, Trojan horses and the Pension Schemes Act

    2026-05-05T11:29:00Z

  • London sunset, Big Ben, parliament

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Sunny in Fife, cloudy on salary sacrifice

    2026-04-06T11:00:00Z

  • Nick Dixon, Avon Pension Fund

    Podcasts

    Podcast: Avon’s Nick Dixon on member engagement in the LGPS

    2026-03-25T18:04:00Z

  • Helen Whately, Pensions UK Investment Conference, March 2026

    Podcasts

    Always a Pensions Angle: Shadow pensions minister Helen Whately MP on mandation

    2026-03-20T16:24:00Z

  • US real estate, property

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Probing amendments and Panglossian optimism

    2026-01-26T09:00:00Z

  • Houses of Parliament, London, House of Commons, UK, politics

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: New year, same bill

    2026-01-12T21:48:00Z

  • Parliament, London, snow

    Podcasts

    Always A Pensions Angle: Bells, Bills, and Brunel

    2025-12-22T09:00:00Z

  • Contact us
  • About Us
Pensions Expert serves the UK's workplace pensions sector with quality news, analysis, features and expert opinion.
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • © 2026 Pensions Expert
Pensions Expert is owned by DG Publishing Ltd. © 2026 DG Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of these web pages made be reproduced or transmitted to or stored in any other website or any other form of electronic retrieval system, without proper permission.

Site powered by Webvision Cloud