Video: The PPF's Martin Clarke explains how its hedging strategy helped the scheme's assets to outperform liabilities by more than 4 per cent in the year to March 2013, in this edition of Policymakers and Decision-makers (5:09).
Editorial: The politics of scale
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July 16, 2013
Another week, another few tweaks to the shape of the workplace pensions market.
Royal British Legion to expand Pie after £1m saving
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July 15, 2013
The Royal British Legion is working on a pension increase exchange offer for members coming up to retirement, after an exercise with the scheme’s pensioners last year knocked £1m off its deficit.
Derbyshire reduces auto-enrolment comms burden
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July 12, 2013
Derbyshire County Council has taken steps to reduce its auto-enrolment communication costs, from record-cleansing to communicating through employers, as local authority schemes look to manage the cost of the reform.
Editorial: The metaphysics of quality
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July 10, 2013
Contribution levels is the missing pillar within the government's call for evidence on DC scheme standards.
Bedfordshire offers representation for academies
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July 5, 2013
Bedfordshire Pension Fund has decided to offer academies “observer” status on its pension committee, with the schools representing a growing and increasingly scrutinised proportion of local authority scheme membership.
Editorial: Time to review your auto-enrolment spend?
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July 2, 2013
The spending review seems to have passed by without directly impacting workplace pension schemes.
Buyouts and buy-ins: the cost-benefit analysis
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July 2, 2013
In this week's Head to Head feature, a provider and consultant give their views on how pension schemes can secure value in bulk derisking transactions.
Fidelity to launch mastertrust on employer demand
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July 1, 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment is to launch a mastertrust in response to demand it has seen from blue-chip companies for tougher governance and bespoke investment strategies.
The DC Debate – is fee push harming innovation?
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June 25, 2013
This edition of our quarterly feature asks DC experts what is stifling investment innovation, and whether scheme, employer or provider is responsible for achieving good governance.