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Why pensions administration is having a ‘Cinderella moment’
David Fairs, chair of the Pensions Administration Standards Association, explains why attitudes are changing towards admin and calls for trustees to shift focus from cost to service quality.
The Friday Takeaway: A retirement savings nightmare awaits you!
More frightening statistics about pension savings – or rather, the lack of them – make for unsettling reading this Halloween, writes Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve.
Why the success of targeted support is so important
The Financial Conduct Authority is working on a ‘targeted support’ regime that could allow financial services providers to steer groups of consumers in certain directions. Fairer Finance’s Tim Hogg explains why getting this right is so important.
SPP: Is tail risk starting to wag the dog?
Adrian Bourne, co-chair of the Society of Pension Professionals’ covenant committee, outlines recent changes to the ‘value at risk’ measure for DB pension schemes and what trustees and other stakeholders must now consider.
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The Friday Takeaway: A gathering storm?
2025-10-24T15:00:00+01:00By Nick Reeve
Amid future-focused reforms and new types of pension schemes, Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve argues that we must not ignore the mistakes of the past if the industry’s efforts are to succeed.
Adequacy is the challenge of our time – but what can be done?
2025-10-22T16:42:00+01:00By Ben Salmons and Mike Birch
Vidett’s Ben Salmons and Mike Birch respond to the regulator’s recent missive on adequacy and decumulation, arguing that the two must be considered separately for reforms to truly be effective.
Irritation or anxiety? The financial impact of member data errors
2025-10-20T12:25:00+01:00By Jeremy Goodwin and Richard Bacon
A recent Court of Appeal decision has given misdirected post a far louder echo, and it’s one that trustees and administrators can’t afford to ignore, say Eversheds Sutherland’s Jeremy Goodwin and Richard Bacon.
The Friday Takeaway: We can be (pension) heroes
2025-10-17T15:00:00+01:00By Nick Reeve
Torsten Bell urged delegates at the Pensions UK Annual Conference to be “pension heroes” through the ambitious change agenda facing the industry over the next few years. Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve hopes it’s not just for one day…
The AMNT’s pensions manifesto for 2030 and beyond
2025-10-13T10:30:00+01:00By John Flynn
With the scope of reforms to the pensions industry becoming apparent, John Flynn of the Association of Member-Nominated Trustees (AMNT) sets out some key priorities for his organisation and policymakers.
The Friday Takeaway: Reasons to be cheerful
2025-10-10T15:54:00+01:00By Nick Reeve
As the pensions industry prepares to gather in Manchester for Pensions UK’s annual conference, Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve looks on the bright side of all the changes ahead.
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