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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…
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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Pensions UK has teamed up with the Governance for Growth Investor Campaign, which is chaired by Railpen and also includes some of the UK’s largest pension schemes.
Stagecoach has agreed an innovative deal with financial services giant Aberdeen to transfer the bus company’s £1.2bn defined benefit pension scheme into a ‘run on’ arrangement.
Torsten Bell has indicated that the government will legislate to bring fiduciary duty onto a firm statutory base, in a move that could negate the need for the Pension Schemes Bill’s controversial mandation power.
Pensions Expert selects key topics, quotes and themes from the third reading of the Pension Schemes Bill, which took place yesterday (3 December) in parliament.
Respondents to the government’s consultation have emphasised the need for retirement-only CDC to be clearly communicated to members and closely aligned with the Pension Schemes Bill’s ‘guided retirement’ rules.
Robeco has been awarded a substantial active quantitative mandate to run money on behalf of the People’s Pension, one of the biggest pension funds in the UK.
Global consultancy giant Arthur J Gallagher has snapped up First Actuarial for an undisclosed sum as the consolidation of UK consultancy groups continues.
More amendments have been put forward by government ministers and other MPs ahead of the bill returning to parliament tomorrow (3 December).