Latest articles from David Rowley

Pricing on enhanced annuities revealed

Annuity Direct has responded to a call within the pages of PW for a publicly available table of enhanced annuity prices.

Talking heads: alternatively weighted indices

Hodges, Nick (LGIM)

The pensions industry has turned the spotlight clearly on alternatively weighted indices, but will they help fund managers improve investment strategy as much as we are led to believe?

Editorial: DB heaven in IP11

We are always being told retirement looks bleak for those in workplace in DC schemes with low contributions, but what does it actually look like for those with defined benefit schemes now?

Dawson chairman hits out at PPF

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The chairman of Dawson International has damned the lengthy process of obtaining a meeting with the Pension Protection Fund, after his firm entered administration.

Small schemes in derisking first

The first of its kind bulk buy-in deal by an enhanced annuity provider is set to complete in the next two months.

Enhanced annuity takes off as a derisking measure

A stream of household name employers are seeking to broker enhanced annuity deals for employees with defined benefit accrual, according to a leading IFA.

In depth: Nest on the brink

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Nest's chief executive has created a scheme he is very proud of, but will the peculiar rules around Nest be its downfall? David Rowley visits Tim Jones at the Nest HQ.

ETFs catch on for tactical trading

Exchange traded funds are becoming commonly used among large UK pension funds as confidence in their reliability rises.

Editorial: big noise on small pots

David Rowley

The arguments for and against small pots going to an aggregator or following the member are long and tortuous. Many have set out their stalls on which they favour, but one would hope Steve Webb has spent more time than anyone else on the puzzle and come up with an answer that is of the greatest common good.

Video: Pension funds start using ETFs for tactical gains

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Paul Trickett, former investment leader at Towers Watson, now head of the global portfolio solutions group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management explains the growth of tactical investment decisions and why pension funds are finally embracing ETFs.