From active and passive investment management to member concerns and ESG – three experts, including a mastertrust director, a consultant and a finance director, debate the key issues facing DC default fund providers.
What role does ESG play in default fund design?
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April 23, 2018
Paul Todd, director of investment development at Nest, Lydia Fearn, head of DC and financial wellbeing at Redington, and Keith Stephenson, director of finance and resources at the Association of Commonwealth Universities, discuss the role of ESG in default fund design, as well as the greatest challenges facing DC default fund providers.
In association with
Nest
DC default funds: Is there too much focus on cost?
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April 23, 2018
Paul Todd, director of investment development at Nest, Lydia Fearn, head of DC and financial wellbeing at Redington, and Keith Stephenson, director of finance and resources at the Association of Commonwealth Universities, discuss designing defined contribution default funds for better outcomes.
In association with
Nest
DC default funds: Does active management have a role to play?
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April 23, 2018
Paul Todd, director of investment development and delivery at Nest, Lydia Fearn, head of DC and financial wellbeing at Redington, and the Revd Keith Stephenson, director of finance and resources at the Association of Commonwealth Universities, discuss investment styles and target date funds for DC default fund design.
In association with
Nest
The Weekly Wrap: April 20 edition
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April 20, 2018
A round-up of the pensions news stories published across the FT Group this week, from a call for pensions tax relief to be set at a flat rate, to a lawsuit in the US alleging a global banking conspiracy to fix Mexican government bond prices.
How will the UK's first pension superfund work?
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April 17, 2018
Podcast: The UK's first superfund was announced in March, a day after the government encouraged the creation of commercial consolidators in its long-awaited white paper on the defined benefit sector. Alan Rubenstein, chief executive of The Pension SuperFund, discusses how the vehicle will work, and when it might absorb its first DB scheme.
UCU suspends strike action to scrutinise USS valuation
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April 15, 2018
The University and College Union has called to suspend all strike action after its members accepted an offer to examine the latest valuation.
Pension questions raised after FirstGroup rejects takeover bid
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April 13, 2018
FirstGroup’s rejection of a hostile takeover approach from US private equity group Apollo Management has sparked discussion on pensions.
The Weekly Wrap: April 13 edition
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April 13, 2018
A round-up of the pensions news stories published across the FT Group this week, from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System bulking up its environmental, social and governance investments, to low earners in the UK losing out on pensions tax relief.
Trustees with fid man less likely to check quality of service
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April 12, 2018
Trustees employing fiduciary managers are less engaged in assessing the quality of their provider than those with a traditional investment consultancy relationship, the latest report from the Competition and Markets Authority has found.