All Diversity articles
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NewsExperts outline major challenges facing the Pensions Commission
The Pensions Commission should concentrate on improving outcomes for self-employed and low-paid workers, and closing the gender gap, industry experts have agreed.
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VideosVideo: Sophia Singleton on pension reforms, adequacy, and inclusion
Having recently passed the halfway mark in her presidency of the Society of Pension Professionals, Sophia Singleton looks back on a busy initial period and ahead to the challenges and opportunities facing the pensions sector.
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OpinionTaking positive action to address the LGBTQ+ pensions gap
As the revived Pensions Commission begins its work on inequalities and shortfalls within the pensions system, Travers Smith’s Daniel Gerring and Savannah Adeniyan take a look at the retirement savings gap that exists for LGBTQ+ people.
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OpinionMaking pensions accessible for LGBTQ+ members
Despite significant improvements to inclusivity in pensions, there are still some groups that struggle to engage with their retirement savings. LCP’s Jess Horner and Zoë Burdo, organisers of the O:pen industry network, explain what can still be done to address the shortfalls.
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OpinionTackling ethnic disparities in pension participation through inclusive scheme design
Qamar Shazad and Adam Hayes of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries call for policy changes to improve pension coverage for minorities.
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NewsTPR chair praises industry diversity progress
The pensions industry is doing “a million times better” on diversity – but there are still areas for improvement in recruitment practices.
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FeaturesAddressing diversity in pension trusteeship
After TPR highlighted a lack of diversity on trustee boards, how is the sector evolving to reflect a changing member population?
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NewsHow can trustees work towards more diverse boards?
In the FCA and PRA’s diversity consultation papers, socio-economic status is outlined as voluntary. However, with the complex make up of trustee boards and the knotty structure of independent trustees, building progress on socio-economic status needs to start now.
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OpinionEquality and pensions: Why they matter
Pensions serve as a useful lens by which to assess the result of a culmination of life’s inequalities, writes Alexandra Miles of the Pensions Equity Group.
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NewsPensions: How trustees can take pride in a diverse industry
As The Pensions Regulator’s home city gears up for the UK’s biggest LGBTQ festival, its director of regulatory policy, analysis and advice, explains how trustees can take immediate action to help ensure workplace pensions work for all savers.
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NewsTPR publishes EDI guidance for scheme trustees and sponsors
The Pensions Regulator has published equality, diversity and inclusion guidance for pension scheme governing bodies and employers.
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NewsAsset managers must up their game on engagement and diversity
Despite improvements in stewardship and governance in the asset management industry, research from ShareAction has shown there are considerable gaps in performance.
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OpinionInclusivity – the forgotten ‘I’ in ED&I for trustees
Broadstone head of policy David Brooks details how inclusion can make a real difference for trustee boards in their diversity journey and help with member engagement.
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Opinion
Staying O:pen to diversity and inclusion
Travers Smith partner Andy Lewis details the benefits of fostering diversity and inclusion in the pensions industry and the contribution made by a new cross-industry initiative.
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NewsNest plans boardroom overhaul in diversity drive
Nest is recruiting for three new non-executive directors as it attempts to improve the diversity of its board, the master trust’s chair has told Pensions Expert.
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NewsTPR: Trustees show ‘increasing willingness’ to embrace D&I
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has found “increasing willingness” from scheme trustees to embrace diversity and inclusion, despite recognising “change is not easy and may take time”.
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NewsPPF introduces new ESG voting guidelines
On the go: The £39.4bn Pension Protection Fund has brought in new environmental, social and governance voting guidelines for its listed equity holdings, across both segregated and pooled mandates.
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NewsTPR’s Counsell: DB schemes are not at risk of collapse
Defined benefit pension schemes were not on the verge of collapse before the Bank of England’s gilt market intervention, the Pensions Regulator’s chief executive Charles Counsell has said.
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NewsMore than a third of schemes ignore own trustee diversity data
More than one-third of the pension schemes that collect trustee diversity data have no intention of using it, the Pensions Regulator has found, as it publishes an action plan to boost boards’ diversity and inclusion.
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NewsTPR approached a ‘number of times’ by capital-backed consolidators
The Pensions Regulator has been approached a “number of times” by companies working on capital-backed consolidation models, according to Charles Counsell, who has called for superfund legislation.