With a new funding code imminent and many asset classes disrupted by the effects of the pandemic, the landscape of the defined benefit pensions market is changing. In this report, Pensions Expert explores the results in more depth, detailing how trustees are thinking about their endgame planning and their attitudes towards achieving self-sufficiency or an insurance buyout.
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Turning talk into action: ESG in practice
The pressure is growing on pension scheme trustees to understand and act upon the impacts of climate change on their investment portfolios. In this report, Pensions Expert explores what it means to embrace ‘net-zero’ carbon emissions, how real assets such as infrastructure and property can help schemes meet their climate goals, and how trustees can assess the varying standards of ESG data.
Guide to Good Pensions: Investment Services edition
Welcome to the investment services section of the Guides to Good Pensions, the buyers guide helping you to spot the best performers in the pensions and investment industries.
Guide to Good Pensions: Scheme Services edition
Welcome to the first fully digital edition of the Guides to Good Pensions, the buyers guide helping you to spot the best performers in the pensions and investment industries.
Does sustainable indexing fit the ESG bill?
With environmental, social and governance investment risks being the top subject in the mind of trustees and pension professionals alike, sustainable indexing is coming to the fore as one of the main tools to tackle climate change.
The future of sustainability: What members want
As ESG considerations become an essential part of pension fund investment strategies, providers must consider how to interpret this broad theme. In this report, Pensions Expert explores how trustees can best engage with members to understand and act upon their sustainability concerns — and how to act when they do not engage.
Webinar: Pension Protection Fund 2020 purple book
The Pension Protection Fund will be publishing its annual analysis of the defined benefit sector on December 2, presenting a picture of the industry as the country was going into lockdown.
Global Pensions Wrap: August 24 edition
A round-up of the top global pensions stories from the FT group this week, from schemes ramping up pressure for gender disclosures, to a California pension moving to join the Facebook governance lawsuit.
What falling sterling means for pension funds
Podcast: It has been a rocky few months for sterling, with the currency falling more than 7 per cent since May. In this podcast, Shoqat Bunglawala, head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s global portfolio solutions business, and Simeon Willis, chief investment officer at XPS Pensions, discuss the main reasons behind the decline, and what it means for pension funds.
Tackling the 'long tail' of underperforming smaller schemes
Podcast: The Pensions Regulator’s latest defined contribution survey revealed that only 4 per cent of micro schemes and 1 per cent of small schemes are meeting all of the watchdog’s governance standards. David Fairs, TPR's executive director for regulatory policy, analysis and advice, has previously described the "long tail" of underperforming smaller schemes as "unacceptable". In this podcast, Mr Fairs talks to Pensions Expert about what the survey's findings mean, and how the DC landscape might change.
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