All Legal & General articles – Page 12
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News
Compliance concerns prompt employers to rethink AE providers
News analysis: Some large employers are considering switching their auto-enrolment provider as their administration needs are not being met, fanning a growing secondary market.
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News
Only seven in 10 DC members use the default
Data analysis: Fewer defined contribution members than expected are invested in default funds, new figures have shown, but experts anticipate this to increase as auto-enrolment continues to roll out.
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News
Findel uses auto-enrolment to chisel down costs
Home retail and educational materials supplier Findel has overhauled its existing pension offering to generate savings that will help shoulder the costs of auto-enrolment.
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Opinion
Editorial: Putting a lid on it
The debate about the proposed charging cap came to a head last week as the government’s consultation on the changes closed.
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News
Why preparation might not be so crucial to buyout
News analysis: Schemes have been urged to get prepared for bulk derisking deals to benefit from affordability improvements, but one provider has said the necessity of preliminary work is often “overemphasised”.
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News
Employees stick with schemes after auto-enrolment
News analysis: Regulatory and government reports on auto-enrolment find good progress has been made in employee engagement despite a small section of the UK's largest employers facing investigation.
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News
Small schemes offered off-the-peg buyouts to speed up derisking
Small schemes will be offered standarised buyouts to decrease the time and cost associated with bespoke bulk annuity purchases, a model that has gained popularity in the buy-in market.
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Opinion
Why 'healthy' life expectancy matters to members
Longevity has rooted itself as a near-intractable problem for sponsors of defined benefit pension schemes while at the same time being an apparently good-news story for everyone else.
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News
Aviva plans GPP committee to boost governance
Aviva is the latest insurer considering a trustee-type governance committee for its group personal pension to drive up standards and make its operations more cohesive.
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Opinion
How real assets fit into your inflation battle
With bond-like income and growth potential, how can real assets can help control inflation-linked benefits? The supplement’s big story looks at how schemes are managing this key risk.
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News
Government considers added layer of AE legislation
Pension professionals have welcomed plans for the government to legislate on further minimum standards for auto-enrolment to ensure schemes meet quality benchmarks.
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FeaturesRoyal Mail and M&S trim trustees to reflect membership
The Royal Mail and Marks & Spencer pension schemes have reduced the size of their trustee boards to ensure they are more representative of their membership.
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Features
Tips for managing cost of small scheme derisking
Small schemes looking to derisk should ensure a high standard of data cleansing and carry out a mortality analysis to manage the costs involved, finds Pippa Stephens.
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Features
M&S cost savings to spur mastertrust copycats
Owen Walker analyses M&S’s mastertrust structure, which the retailer will set up to mitigate the administration costs associated with auto-enrolment
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Features
FTSE 100 schemes reassess actuarial assumptions
A report by LCP into the accounting disclosures of FTSE 100 pension schemes has revealed a wide range of assumptions used when assessing liabilities.
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Features
How to encourage greater uptake of the OMO
Schemes have been urged to provide more detailed information on annuity options to ensure retiring members get the most from their defined contribution (DC) savings.
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Features
Schemes cut cost of deferred members' small pots
Defined contribution (DC) schemes are reaching a tipping point where the number of deferred members are beginning to overtake active ones, meaning greater administration costs for members no longer employed at the company.
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Features
More than two-thirds of buyout quotes fail to transact
Consultants and insurers have urged schemes to better prepare for derisking, following revelations that just one in three buyout quotations lead to transaction.
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Features
More than two-thirds of buyout quotes fail to transact
Consultants and insurers have urged schemes to better prepare for derisking, following revelations that just one in three buyout quotations lead to transaction.