On the go: Pensions consultancies say bulk annuity volumes could reach this year’s £40bn mark again in 2020, but put the ‘new normal’ for the industry at closer to £30bn.
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On the go: Pensions consultancies say bulk annuity volumes could reach this year’s £40bn mark again in 2020, but put the ‘new normal’ for the industry at closer to £30bn.
On the go: Employers, trustees and trade unionists will reopen discussions over the Universities Superannuation Scheme following the publication of an independent report into the plan’s valuation processes.
On the go: UK retirees are leaving the workforce with lower levels of savings than previous generations, as the decline of defined benefit opens a gap in the nation’s retirement preparations.
Talking Point: Experts at a recent Pensions Expert event discuss what DB ‘endgame’ options are available to pension schemes as they mature and their funding levels improve.
Hedge fund manager Sir Christopher Hohn has a warning for asset owners, while Chinese asset managers find themselves held hostage by bloggers. Read our round-up of pensions and finance news from the FT's global outlets.
On the go: Fewer than one in five transport companies are on track to limit climate change to 2C, according to the Transition Pathway Initiative, as the imperative for asset owners to take action intensifies.
Now Pensions wants to agree bilateral deals with other master trusts to consolidate small pots resulting from auto-enrolment, but experts say some hurdles remain.
Analysis: With no short-term agreement likely on the liabilities of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, a straight fight on cost-sharing will be decided by the level of support academics can garner among students and the wider public.
On the go: The Conservative party has promised to bring back Guy Opperman’s three-part pensions bill if re-elected, in a manifesto that largely maintains the status quo in retirement saving.
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has urged the Labour Party to clarify its plans for nationalisation of infrastructure and utilities, stressing that current investors must be compensated.
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