All Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) articles – Page 18
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OpinionKeep things simple when communicating costs and charges
AHC’s Karen Partridge discusses how trustees can communicate costs and charges to members.
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OpinionIs an employer-sponsored financial adviser right for your members?
Mercer’s Vito Faircloth discusses the advantages of an employer-sponsored financial adviser for pension scheme members.
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OpinionThe year ahead for the Pensions Regulator
Lesley Titcomb sets out the Pensions Regulator’s priorities for 2018.
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OpinionTrustees must adopt more transparent practices
Increasing scrutiny of trustee decision-making means they will have to develop more proactive processes for communicating the level of security afforded to members by their scheme, according to the Pensions Management Institute’s Robert Branagh.
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News
Select committee set to publish responses on British Steel transfers
The Work and Pensions Committee is to release responses it has received from the FCA, advisory business Active Wealth and 'introducer' company Celtic Wealth.
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OpinionData Crunch: Why DC market measures are so confusing
Magnus Spence from research specialists Spence Johnson gives an update on the estimated size of the workplace defined contribution scheme market.
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News
PTL launches transaction cost service
Professional trustee company PTL said it has launched a service for asset managers aimed to help their clients assess investment transaction costs.
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Opinion
Cost disclosure framework must help schemes judge value
The Institutional Disclosure Working Group’s forthcoming framework for assessing investment costs will provide a vital boost to transparency, writes PTL’s Donny Hay, but trustees need help measuring value if a race to the bottom is to be avoided.
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News
Govt 'minded' to introduce mandatory trustee ESG statements
The government is to consult on whether trustees should be required to state their policies on sustainability, member concerns and stewardship, and will clarify current legislation as part of a wider push to increase pension investment in social and illiquid assets.
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NewsBritish Steel saga raises questions on advice market and transfers
News analysis: Steelworker Rich Caddy has regrets about his choice to transfer out of the British Steel Pension Scheme.
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OpinionPension freedoms need added support for savers
We all enjoy having control over our financial future, writes Nest’s Gavin Perera-Betts, but introducing default retirement pathways could be the surprise present we need most this year.
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NewsTrustees and consultants urged to up their game in transparency push
The chair of the Financial Conduct Authority’s working group on cost disclosure has spoken out about a dangerous fixation with net performance in the pensions industry, insisting that granular data is needed for the recent transparency drive to have any effect.
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OpinionWhen mentoring matters
Any Other Business: Mentoring is fast becoming a must-have in any HR toolbox, but care is needed to avoid leaving mentee and mentor disappointed.
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FeaturesWhat can we expect from the Autumn Budget?
Analysis: The chancellor’s Autumn Budget is fast approaching, but the industry should not expect any radical pension changes from a weak government bogged down by Brexit, experts say.
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OpinionHow the retirement income market is evolving
The Financial Conduct Authority’s Mary Starks says cooperation between industry, government and regulators is needed to make the freedoms work for consumers.
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OpinionAre we making enough progress on transparency?
Transparency has become a buzzword in the industry, but we don’t always mean the same thing when we talk about it.
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News
DC schemes to give members cost information online only
Defined contribution schemes should disclose costs and charges to members by signposting a link in their annual benefit statement, the Department for Work and Pensions has proposed, as the industry agrees communications need to be kept simple.
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NewsGovernment defeated over delays to cold-calling ban
The government was defeated in the House of Lords on Wednesday night by an amendment to the financial guidance and claims bill, which sought to bring forward plans to ban pensions cold-calling.
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Employer-hired IFAs could solve member DB transfer advice struggle
Sixty-one per cent of employers say members are having difficulty in finding advisers for pension transfers, a new survey has found, as experts highlighted the need for companies to engage independent financial advisers on behalf of scheme members.
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OpinionA busy pensions agenda
Editorial: News that the pensions dashboard will be taken forward by the Department for Work and Pensions has been welcomed by the pensions industry.