All Features articles – Page 4
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FeaturesTime for a bitcoin revolution for UK pensions?
As bitcoin garners wider acceptance overseas, the UK pensions industry remains divided on whether it is a suitable investment, writes Niamh Smith.
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FeaturesPension policy roundup: What made the manifestos?
With the election campaign heating up before 4 July, Pensions Expert explores the main issues at stake for political parties including Reform UK, the Scottish National Party, and Plaid Cymru.
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FeaturesCDC: Making progress towards a collective goal
This year may finally see the first collective defined contribution (CDC) pension go live in the UK, but doubts remain over how the structure could benefit the wider pension landscape.
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FeaturesHow pension schemes are solving illiquid asset issues
Pensions Expert takes an in-depth look at how pension schemes, consultants and insurance companies are working to secure bulk annuity transactions despite issues caused by illiquid assets.
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FeaturesWhat CalSTRS’ data problems mean for pension funds’ climate goals
Pensions schemes should continue work on measuring and addressing climate risks despite problems they may face in calculating data, according to industry experts.
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FeaturesDC consolidation: A complex picture
With the government – and the opposition – set on consolidating defined contribution schemes, Pensions Expert explores some of the complicating factors that have yet to be addressed.
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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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FeaturesPension freedoms 10 years on: A progress report
It’s a decade since the government announced the end of compulsory annuitisation. What effect has it had?
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FeaturesWhat do national insurance cuts mean for the state pension?
The second cut to National Insurance in six months, and growing rumours of the tax’s eventual abolishment, have raised questions about what this means for the state pension.
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FeaturesHow are DB schemes changing the gilts market?
Data from Bloomberg Intelligence suggests that DB schemes could sell out of the gilt market completely in seven years. But is it accurate?
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FeaturesBudget 2024: Key announcements for the pensions sector
Pensions Expert’s full round up of what chancellor Jeremy Hunt said in his Budget speech, how the industry reacted, and more key data and information.
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FeaturesMaking net zero a reality
A net zero commitment means putting climate change at the heart of how portfolios are managed. Are UK DC schemes ready?
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FeaturesWill DC consolidation present master trusts with crock of gold?
Within a decade, some 15 or more master trusts will have disappeared. Today, 36 players jockey for pole position. What will this huge transition mean for trustees, sponsors, and members, asks Stephane Hawthorne?
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FeaturesThe resurgence of pension scheme surpluses
For most defined benefit schemes, surplus has been a theoretical issue for much of the past 20 years.
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FeaturesThe impact of rising gilt yields on pensions
UK government gilt yields are around 2 percentage points higher than they were this time last year. What does this rise over such a short term mean for the UK pension sector in 2023 and beyond?
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FeaturesSchemes target sustainable alternative investments
Analysis: UK pension schemes are among the institutional investors across Europe that have maintained a strong focus on alternatives, particularly infrastructure, as investment activity picked up in November, according to MandateWire data.
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FeaturesSchemes turn their attentions to biodiversity data requirements
Analysis: Greater awareness of the impact of climate change on the environment and ecosystems has prompted most schemes to integrate mitigation measures into their investment processes – and this has now spread to concerns about biodiversity.
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FeaturesWhy do savers continue to misunderstand their pensions?
Analysis: The pensions industry spends extensively on member communications, but 48 per cent of employees do not know how much their employer is paying into their pension, according to a survey by The People’s Pension.
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