All LCP articles – Page 21

  • Features

    The Pensions Trust outperforms after investment governance change

    2015-10-09T00:00:00Z

    Multi-employer scheme The Pensions Trust has changed its investment governance structure to reduce bureaucracy, beating its benchmark in the process.

  • News

    Isa set-up fails to win over pensions crowd

    2015-10-02T00:00:00Z

    The industry has broadly rejected a wholesale shift of the current pension tax system towards an Isa-style approach, but some have woven together several ideas in an attempt to better incentivise saving.

  • News

    Anxious academics and drawdown letdowns – tomorrow’s DC battles

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Analysis: Digital advice, the introduction of the academic sector’s first defined contribution scheme and greater choice in drawdown solutions are just three of the things set out by industry professionals as priorities for 2016.

  • News

    Invensys extends Pie to pensioners

    2015-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Invensys Pension Scheme is expanding its pension increase exchange offering to retired members, as the company plans a bulk exercise for dependants and pensioners.

  • Phil Boyle
    Opinion

    Rising rates: Hope for the best, plan for the worst – don’t press pause

    2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

    If you are a trustee of a UK final salary pension scheme then you will know that the past eight years have been a long, hard winter of dealing with the inexorable and sustained fall in interest rates and the rising deficits this has caused.  

  • News

    High-earner tax relief threat poses new challenge for employers

    2015-07-29T00:00:00Z

    News analysis: Scrapping tax breaks for high earners could present a communication challenge for trustees, as the government weighs up ideas for potentially radical reforms of the current pension tax relief system.

  • News

    Housing trust ups DC monitoring to squeeze out further value

    2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

    News analysis: London & Quadrant Housing Trust has commissioned a further review of its defined contribution strategy after an earlier member segmentation exercise led to cost savings and lower risk for members. 

  • Opinion

    DGFs: the charge cap, smart beta and DC

    2015-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Six experts gather to debate how well diversified growth funds are performing in the context of the charge cap, smart beta and auto-enrolment, and whether there is a place for them in large schemes' portfolios.

  • Opinion

    How will the DGF market develop over the coming year?

    2015-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Roundtable: LCP's Andy Cheseldine, Legal & General Investment Management's Martin Dietz, Columbia Threadneedle's Craig Nowrie, State Street Global Advisers' Andrew Soper, Peter Sparkes of the Association of Member Nominated Trustees, and Bestrustees' Graham Wardle, discuss what the next 12 months will hold for diversified growth funds, in the final part of this series.

  • Opinion

    How do DGFs interact with smart beta?

    2015-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Roundtable: LCP's Andy Cheseldine, Legal and General Investment Management's Martin Dietz, Columbia Threadneedle's Craig Nowrie, State Street Global Advisers' Andrew Soper, Peter Sparkes of the Association of Member Nominated Trustees, and Bestrustees' Graham Wardle, talk about the relationship between DGFs and smart beta in the third part of this roundtable series.

  • Opinion

    With so many available, what are the core qualities of a DGF?

    2015-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Roundtable: LCP's Andy Cheseldine, Legal & General Investment Management's Martin Dietz, Columbia Threadneedle's Craig Nowrie, State Street Global Advisers' Andrew Soper, Peter Sparkes of the Association of Member Nominated Trustees, and Bestrustees' Graham Wardle discuss what makes an ideal diversified growth fund, in the first of this four-part roundtable series.

  • Opinion

    How will the charge cap affect the use of DGFs?

    2015-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Roundtable: LCP's Andy Cheseldine, Legal & General Investment Management's Martin Dietz, Columbia Threadneedle's Craig Nowrie, State Street Global Advisers' Andrew Soper, Peter Sparkes of the Association of Member Nominated Trustees, and Bestrustees' Graham Wardle, debate whether the fees associated with DGFs are worth their value, in the second of this four-part roundtable series.

  • News

    Norcros plugs deficit with suite of liability exercises

    2015-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Kitchen and bathroom accessories group Norcros has plugged its scheme deficit by £1.7m through a series of liability management exercises, as pension funds see a further deterioration in funding levels. 

  • News

    Falkirk targets social housing with £30m investment

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Falkirk Council Pension Fund is joining the ranks of local authorities investing in social housing, with a £30m allocation, as experts debate the strengths of the asset class.

  • Features

    Keeping track of value in DC

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    VFM and GMO are the key drivers for defined contribution pensions in 2015. But what do these handy acronyms actually mean and how are they being measured?

  • Opinion

    How DB-DC can be a win-win for employers and staff

    2015-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Blog: The revolutionary pension freedoms introduced in April allow employees to transfer out of their employer’s defined benefit pension schemes and take benefits as cash rather than pension.  

  • News

    Sainsbury's closes deficit after strong asset returns

    2015-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s Pension Scheme has reduced its deficit by £28m, despite low interest rates and a fall in the real discount rate, as many schemes struggle to control their funding levels.

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    News

    UK schemes feeling pressure to add risk in chase for return

    2015-05-01T00:00:00Z

    More than three-quarters of UK pension funds that increased allocations to equities in the past six months cited pressure to meet funding requirements as a driver, according to research.

  • News

    Battle of growth v consolidation in DC market

    2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Pension providers should cut costs by close to a third to capitalise on opportunities in the UK’s defined contribution market, a white paper has said, but consultants questioned the potential for new market entrants.

  • News

    Electrocomponents reboots recovery plan to quell DB deficit

    2015-04-08T00:00:00Z

    An electronics company pension scheme has agreed a new recovery plan and increased member contributions as its deficit more than doubled in an 18-month period, in part due to longevity risks.