All Defined contribution articles – Page 9
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NewsPeople’s Pension halves carbon footprint of main default fund
A new report shows significant progress on reducing the £30bn master trust’s portfolio emissions after a major asset allocation shift earlier this year.
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FeaturesBudget 2024: Time to reconsider salary sacrifice?
With chancellor Rachel Reeves announcing plans for UK businesses to foot the bill for a £40bn tax increase – primarily through national insurance contributions – attention has turned to where companies can offset this cost.
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FeaturesCulture clash: bringing AI into pensions
From communications to greater organisational efficiency, AI will bring many benefits to pension schemes – but it does come with risks.
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News‘Companies are not listening to us’: DC schemes’ net zero challenges
Sustainability leaders at Nest and NOW Pensions outline issues with engagement and achieving stewardship goals that risk stalling the momentum of tackling carbon emissions and climate change.
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NewsGeneration Rent retirees could be forced to flee from cities to find housing
Review housing plans and set out a roadmap for improving adequacy, the International Longevity Centre tells the government.
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NewsNOW Pensions accelerates climate action
A massive 76% of total holdings in the diversified growth fund are now directly linked to the trustee board’s responsible investment objectives.
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NewsFind an alternative to DC – or else
We need an alternative to DC for a dignified retirement, former general secretary of the Communication Workers Union warns. Could CDC be the sustainable alternative to DC that society needs?
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NewsIncentives needed to invest in productive finance, say master trusts
Master trusts believe more support from both the government and the asset management industry is needed to invest in productive finance.
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OpinionLessons from the DC Future Book
Shantel Okello of the Pensions Policy Institute explores how the DC market has evolved over the past decade and looks forward to what it may look like in another 10 years’ time.
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NewsLook beyond dashboard connection date, schemes told
With a connection timeline established, trustees need to address dashboard needs and work with third parties to achieve them, delegates at the PLSA conference heard last week.
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NewsUK pension system declining against other countries, research shows
The UK’s pension system has lost its top-10 position among global retirement systems, according to the latest Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index.
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NewsValue for Money plans not set in stone, say regulators
The FCA and TPR are open to changing their planned ‘red-amber-green’ model for the Value for Money framework as the consultation process continues.
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NewsPLSA Conference: Pensions and the TikTok generation
Scottish Widows’ Robert Cochran and financial journalist Iona Bain explored social media’s impact on pension engagement and the success of the Pay Your Pension Some Attention campaign.
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NewsPLSA Conference: Delegates support national insurance changes
National insurance should be applied to employer pension contributions if the chancellor is looking to pensions to help plug the economic black hole, according to a poll of delegates at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s Annual Conference.
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ArticleBlue bonds could boost sustainability efforts in emerging markets
September 2024, In the Spotlight - By Willem Visser, Tongai Kunorubwe
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NewsPLSA Conference: The complex pension adequacy picture
A multi-pronged approach is required to improve pensions adequacy, according to panellists at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s (PLSA) annual conference in Liverpool.
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NewsPension savers open to higher contributions, says PLSA
As the effects of the cost-of-living crisis are starting to abate, many of those saving for a pension are supportive of paying more in, according to a survey.
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NewsNest plots decumulation offering with new appointments
The UK’s biggest defined contribution master trust has appointed Hymans Robertson and WTW to help it design a decumulation service for its members.
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NewsDC schemes ‘must brace for Budget impact’, warns Hymans
Trustees and managers of defined contribution schemes should prepare to act quickly if there are tax changes in this month’s Budget, according to Hymans Robertson.
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NewsThe importance of trust for dashboard success
Greater engagement between the British public and their retirement provisions is essential to the successful rollout of pension dashboards, according to panellists at an industry event.