All Data articles – Page 17
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News
How schemes can protect their members online
Trustees must be extra vigilant in their assessment of online platforms and review data-handling processes to protect members from the growing threat of cyber crime, experts have said.
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News
How to engage your scheme with the press (or not)
Any Other Business: The pensions industry is very well served by the trade press and even national papers. But for schemes, talking to the press can be a daunting prospect, so when is best to do it and how can mistakes be avoided in the process?
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OpinionSegmenting the membership – why it’s done and how it works
Knowing who your members are and how they behave is a powerful tool for compelling them to take action – much like in online shopping, says AHC’s Karen Partridge.
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News
Anxious academics and drawdown letdowns – tomorrow’s DC battles
Analysis: Digital advice, the introduction of the academic sector’s first defined contribution scheme and greater choice in drawdown solutions are just three of the things set out by industry professionals as priorities for 2016.
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Opinion
Is the medically underwritten annuity market too good to be true?
Buyouts remain a popular derisking strategy for defined benefit schemes. Aon Hewitt’s Martin Bird looks at how the medically underwritten option is gaining ground in this burgeoning market.
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NewsFCA pays out £200,000 after benefit error
The Financial Conduct Authority has paid £200,000 to members of its own staff scheme after discovering benefit calculation errors affecting more than 1,200 employees.
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OpinionAddressing diversity in scheme communications
AHC’s Karen Partridge details why targeting messages to scheme members is so crucial – and it’s getting easier.
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Opinion
How your scheme can make the most of big data
Any other business: Last week's piece explored how schemes can tighten their data compliance processes. But how can trustees take data one step further to improve how the scheme is run?
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Opinion
Three graphs showing why a pensions dashboard matters
A survey by provider B&CE has shown most pension savers support the introduction of a 'pensions dashboard' and comes a day after the Financial Conduct Authority announced it would work with the government on developing such a platform.
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Features
Are your data handling processes compliant?
Any other business: Hillary Clinton found herself in hot water recently over use of a private email account during her tenure as US secretary of state. The breach of White House data protocols ignited criticism.
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News
Leading DB funds target responsible investment disconnect
The UK’s largest pension funds have put pressure on fund managers to make the case for their responsible investment strategies, publishing a guide intended to “break down the information barriers” between schemes and managers.
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News
Kent sees 75% reduction in overpayment write-offs
Kent Pension Fund has driven down its overpayment write-offs by 75 per cent after the implementation of monthly mortality screening – as administration experts raise concerns about schemes’ data holes.
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News
GMP reconciliation to be major 2015 challenge for schemes
Pensions professionals have said guaranteed minimum pension equalisation will be their biggest project in 2015, a survey has shown, as the end of contracting out forces schemes to undertake exercises.
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Opinion
Schemes are falling short on data. Here are five reasons to improve
Punter Southall’s Rob Saville explores how pension schemes can address a shortfall where one in five have no idea of their common data score, and three in five do not know their conditional data score, in the latest edition of Informed Comment.
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News
Plumbing scheme works to trace 7,000 addresses in data push
The Plumbing and Mechanical Services Industry Pension Scheme has taken steps to trace scheme members to improve its record-keeping, with the address of almost one in every five currently missing.
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News
Experts call for Dutch-style information standards
Industry experts have called for the standardisation of pension scheme information, in the style of the uniform pension overviews found in the Netherlands.
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Opinion
Five reasons to improve your scheme data quality
There is no mystery to how we got to where we are with pension scheme data, or why the Pensions Regulator felt the need to intervene.
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Opinion
Schemes make record gilts investment, and three other key ONS charts
Schemes invested heavily in fixed income assets – including government, corporate and overseas bonds – last quarter. Anticipated rate rises, schemes derisking out of equities and even switching from synthetic to real gilt holdings have all been investment drivers.
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Opinion
Four data-cleansing steps to improve your scheme
In the latest edition of Technical Comment, LCP’s Aiden Coloe and Chris Holly set out four steps for scheme managers, trustees and administrators to improve scheme data and reduce costs.
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Opinion
Let's make friends: Industry pushes for AE data standard
Data have been a sticking point for many schemes and employers. Who can blame them? Of all the areas of pensions, data isn’t the most inspiring and engaging to newcomers.