Editor's blog – Page 2
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: DWP prepares some light holiday reading
Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve looks forward (again) to a momentous week for the UK pensions sector.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: Time for a Mansion House Adequacy Accord?
The government may find its options limited when trying to improve pensions adequacy, writes Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve. It may be left to the industry to work on improving retirement outcomes.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: We’ve got bills, they’re multiplying
Defined benefit pension schemes have been left rather upset by an unexpected bill, but could be rescued by a different Bill, as Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve explores.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: Mulling over the road to reform
We’re all geared up for pension reform after the publication of the Pension Schemes Bill, but we’re going to have to wait a while, as Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve finds out.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: Retirement riddles and toddlers’ trousers
This week brought news of post-retirement offerings from two major master trusts, as the industry attempts to solve a particularly vexing problem. Pensions Expert’s Nick Reeve, meanwhile, is worrying about trousers.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: Reviews, roadmaps, deadlines and bills
The government’s reform agenda will take a long time to implement, as it set out this week. But for some - most notably the LGPS - the timeframes are not so long, as Pensions Expert’s editor Nick Reeve points out.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: Backstop power is a sword of Damocles for the pensions sector
The government plans to give itself powers in the Pension Schemes Bill to intervene in scheme asset allocation and LGPS fund mergers. We should probably be worried, writes Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: Attempting to solve the ‘nastiest, hardest problem in finance’
After an illuminating day at the Pensions Expert DC Strategic Summit last week, editor Nick Reeve opines on the decumulation dilemma.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: Accords, admin, and antici… pation
It was all smiles in central London earlier this week as senior executives and government officials met to sign the Mansion House Accord, writes Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: Making waves with pooling plans
Nick Reeve looks back at the LGPS Pooling Symposium at a crucial time for local authority pension schemes and administering authorities.
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OpinionEditor’s notes: Mega challenges to get to megafunds
Are the “biggest set of reforms to the pensions market in decades” the right path for the government to pursue? Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve looks into some of the detail of the consultations announced last week.
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OpinionEditor’s notes: A buy-in bonanza
NatWest’s record-breaking buy-ins illustrate a healthy market for pension fund insurance, writes Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve.
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OpinionEditor's notes: Managing the 'Daily Mail' risk
Getting Value for Money right will take plenty of time, consideration and collaboration. Making sure it’s communicated properly can’t be ignored.
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OpinionEditor’s notes: Rumours and realities
This week saw the spectre of pensions tax relief changes rise yet again. How likely is it that this long-feared prospect may become a reality?
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OpinionEditor’s notes: The auto-enrolment open goal
Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve asks: is the government overthinking the Pensions Review?
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OpinionEditor’s column: Innovate to communicate
Putting information into the public sphere isn’t the same as communicating. As an industry, we should think differently to make sure members understand what we’re telling them.
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OpinionDon’t lose sight of members in surplus debate
Trustees could be given new powers to extract surpluses from DB schemes – but Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve argues that their options may still be limited.
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OpinionEditor’s column: Hoping for sense to prevail
After two consultations in two weeks, Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve is hoping for a sensible approach and joined-up thinking between policymakers.
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