The Pensions Administration Standards Association has today announced the 23 members of its new Transfers Working Group, which aims to look closely at defined benefit transfer delays.
From trees to manager fees: Top 5 investment stories from 2017
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December 26, 2017
Year in review: Innovation characterised investment headlines in 2017, as schemes and members demanded more sophisticated approaches to pension investment.
The Weekly Wrap: December 22 edition
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December 21, 2017
A round-up of the pensions news stories published across the FT Group this week, from a scammer posing as a bank to take money from pensioners, to fossil fuel cuts in New York.
PPF: DB funding levels highest since 2014
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December 6, 2017
Defined benefit scheme funding levels have passed 90 per cent on a s179 basis for the first time since March 2014, according to the latest edition of the Purple Book.
All FTSE 350 DB schemes could be closed in 10 years
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December 5, 2017
New research predicts that all defined benefit schemes of companies in the FTSE 350 index are likely to be closed to future benefit accrual within 10 years.
DB advisers could be sued over climate change risk
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December 1, 2017
Defined benefit investment consultants and actuaries may be legally bound to advise on material climate change risk, according to new research.
Lower rise in life expectancy no cure for schemes
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November 29, 2017
After years of steady increases, improvement in life expectancy dropped to 1 per cent a year in 2016 from 3.1 per cent per year in 2011 in England and Wales, but low discount rates mean the rises still matter.
MPs launch inquiry into CDC
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November 27, 2017
The Work and Pensions Committee has begun an inquiry into collective defined contribution schemes, but experts remain unconvinced of European-style risk-sharing, highlighting intergenerational and moral hazard risks.
Autumn Budget 2017: Reaction from the experts
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November 24, 2017
Podcast: What will the Autumn Budget mean for the pensions industry? Ruth Bamforth, director at law firm Walker Morris, and David Brooks, pensions technical director at Broadstone Corporate Benefits discuss a pensions-light Budget and the Chancellor's proposals for facilitating pension fund investment in patient capital.
Government pushes for patient capital in Autumn Budget
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November 22, 2017
Autumn Budget 2017: Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond stated the government’s desire to see pension funds invest in patient capital as part of its Autumn Budget.