All Features articles – Page 3
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FeaturesOutlook 2025: New insurers set to make waves in busy DB market
From an evolving bulk annuity market to debates over the use of pension scheme surpluses, next year looks set to be as busy as ever for the defined benefit sector, writes Alex Janiaud.
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FeaturesDC master trusts: A consolidation conundrum
Consolidation has been one of the key themes of 2024. With the government determined to create defined contribution (DC) “megafunds”, there are many potential benefits and challenges of merging master trust, as Alex Janiaud reports.
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FeaturesOutlook 2025: Seeking to improve the sustainability status quo
Many pension schemes are adopting more forward-looking approaches to ensure they are having a meaningful impact on climate change, writes Alastair O’Dell.
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FeaturesOutlook 2025: DC investors hunt out private markets opportunities
Could 2025 be the year that defined contribution (DC) pension schemes finally break into private markets?
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FeaturesHow deferred DB pensions will look on pension dashboards
Independent pensions dashboards consultant Richard Smith passes the halfway point in his series of monthly case study articles about how his different schemes are preparing for pensions dashboards.
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FeaturesOutlook 2025: Pensions adequacy has no easy solutions
In the first of a series of articles looking ahead to next year, Alastair O’Dell investigates how phase two of the Pensions Review will aim to tackle the ticking timebomb of pensions adequacy.
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FeaturesHow master trusts are leading the charge on decarbonisation
The latest TCFD reports from the country’s biggest DC master trusts confirm sustained improvements on carbon emissions. How can they take the next step on their sustainability journeys?
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FeaturesScheme consolidation: Lessons from the Netherlands
As the government sets its sights on creating pension “megafunds” in the public and private sectors, Pensions Expert takes a look across the North Sea to a country that has already taken a similar path.
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FeaturesChanging course: The case for reinvesting pension scheme surpluses
Ahead of chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech on Thursday, Pensions Expert explores changing attitudes towards defined benefit scheme surpluses and how they could be used to benefit members, employers and the wider economy.
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FeaturesAon’s dashboard approach and the importance of DC income
Independent pensions dashboards consultant Richard Smith continues his series of monthly case studies looking at how providers are preparing for the connection deadlines.
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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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FeaturesHow LDI managers are getting ready for the rest of 2024
Following recent warnings about a potential return of deflation, the onus is on LDI managers to ensure their portfolios are prepared.
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FeaturesDashboards Nine-Nine: Aviva’s approach, and legacy DC pensions
Independent pensions dashboards consultant Richard Smith speaks to Aviva in this latest instalment exploring how providers are preparing for pensions dashboards over the next few months.
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FeaturesWhat Scottish Widows’ app tells us about the future of dashboards
Dashboards expert Richard Smith continues his series exploring how some of the leading pension providers are preparing for the introduction of pension dashboards.
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FeaturesIs better funding leading to changes to valuation dates?
After the BBC decided to bring forward its triennial valuation in light of improved funding, Pensions Expert looks at whether more schemes are likely to follow.
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FeaturesAre Canadian pension funds the right template for the LGPS?
The chancellor wants UK pension schemes to learn from their Canadian counterparts when it comes to investing in UK infrastructure. But Canadian schemes are themselves under pressure for a perceived lack of domestic investment.
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FeaturesDashboards Nine-Nine: How Nest is preparing for connection day
With nine months to go to the first dashboards connection deadline, independent pensions dashboards consultant Richard Smith presents the first in a series of profiles exploring how firms are preparing.
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FeaturesThe increasing appetite for nature-based investment
A poll by the Society of Pension Professionals has found growing interest in nature-related risks and opportunities as momentum grows globally.
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FeaturesHow master trust regulation is evolving
Master trust supervision has evolved to focus on investments, data and innovation, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) has said.