All Aon articles – Page 10
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Features
Trustees take more active approach towards transfers
Analysis: Since the introduction of freedom and choice in 2015, more and more savers have shown an interest in defined benefit transfers, so what are the main benefits and risks for schemes?
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OpinionIDWG cost disclosures are only the beginning
The code submitted by Chris Sier’s working group on cost disclosure should make a material and positive difference to the industry, writes the Society of Pension Professionals’ president Paul McGlone, but schemes have an obligation to make use of this new information.
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News
Select committee hails CDC as 'new Beveridge' for UK pensions
Collective defined contribution schemes could usher in a new era of progress for the welfare state, according to the Work and Pensions Committee’s latest report, as the influential group of MPs seeks to increase pressure on government to facilitate the swift creation of CDC schemes.
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Features
How can pension schemes support banks?
Analysis: Around 30 banks have entered into bank capital relief transactions with institutional investors, according to consultancy Aon, with the size of the market estimated at about £20bn, and continuing to grow rapidly.
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OpinionSmall schemes should not pin hopes on consolidators
Consolidators looking to profit from pensions look to have government support, says the Society of Pension Professionals’ Paul McGlone, but those schemes in most desperate need of access to scale are unlikely to make attractive business.
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CMA: Fiduciary management not overly concentrated
Neither the investment consultancy or fiduciary management industries show signs of excessive concentration, the Competition and Markets Authority has found, but the vertical integration of the ‘big three’ firms could distort the market in future.
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Opinion
The freedom not to choose
Editorial: Default options for would-be retirees are the industry’s new darling, as poor support for savers at retirement still blights the UK pension system.
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News
UK could profit from Australia’s missed default opportunity
A default drawdown proposition rejected by the Australian government could offer “freedom from the pension freedoms” for unengaged savers who cannot afford advice at retirement, it has been claimed.
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Choosing the right derisking path
Analysis: Consultants say bulk annuity pricing has never been so attractive, yet the majority of pension schemes see self-sufficiency as their likely destiny. Who is wrong?
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News
Default drawdown tops select committee's at-retirement wishlist
Providers of drawdown products should be required to develop charge-capped default products to help disengaged savers make their pension last, the Work and Pensions Committee has recommended.
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OpinionWill the return of volatility save active management?
Active managers have had a hard time in markets that have only gone one way, but the prospect of market volatility returning may offer them a lifeline, says Aon’s Matthew Towsey.
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News
Do savers really want access to CDC schemes?
Collective defined contribution looks closer than ever to becoming a reality, but some experts still doubt whether those planning for their retirement even want the product.
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NewsFines for DB negligence leave industry split
Employers who wilfully or recklessly put their defined benefit pension schemes at risk are in the firing line of new punitive fines announced in a government policy statement released on Monday.
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Govt 'tempted' by latest Royal Mail CDC proposals
The Department for Work and Pensions is “tempted” to lay regulations facilitating the creation of collective defined contribution schemes, following a recent breakthrough by the team drafting proposals on behalf of Royal Mail.
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Alternative risk premium strategies could see rise despite set-up costs
Alternative risk premium strategies present a relatively low-cost way of attaining diversification according to new research, but some say high implementation costs are likely to prevent them from taking over scheme portfolios.
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Opinion
Pensions industry still behind on gender pay gap
Analysis: The pensions industry is slowly publishing its gender pay gap data, and it does not make for pleasant reading.
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Features
Can you run your scheme better than a sole trustee?
Analysis: Defined benefit trustee boards are finding it increasingly difficult to source a full complement of member-nominated trustees, as final salary becomes a legacy benefit system. Is the rise of the sole corporate trustee inevitable?
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Features
It is time to take scheme administration more seriously
Analysis: The nuclear fallout from the demise of Carillion and the continued woes of Capita have dominated news bulletins in recent weeks.
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News
Dow Chemical opts for multi-country DC provision
Multinational Dow Chemical is moving its defined contribution plans in the UK and the Netherlands to an international DC solution.
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FeaturesBritish Coal members raise Capita admin concerns
The £9.4bn British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme has had to calm member concerns at its 2017 annual meeting over its decision to appoint Capita as its administrator last year.