All News articles – Page 286
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WMPF portal drives 19% increase in web engagement
West Midlands Pension Fund has seen a substantial increase in traffic to its website following the launch of an online portal providing scheme information to members and employers.
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Scheme confidence drives LDI take-up
News analysis: Three-quarters of UK defined benefit pension schemes are using or planning to use liability-driven investment strategies, as increasing delegation is encouraging more complicated approaches.
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Schemes told to offer annuity brokerage
News analysis: The shadow pensions minister has urged schemes to take a role in providing annuity brokering advice to ensure greater member purchasing power, but industry figures have raised concerns over how this could be implemented.
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Managers endorsing DC auto-escalation could face scheme tailoring challenge
News analysis: More than half of employers back auto-escalation schemes as a way to increase employee contributions, according to new research, but they may face challenges in tailoring contribution rates to members.
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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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Where scheme investors went for growth in 2013
Year in review: Schemes took a number of different steps to work their growth assets harder during the past 12 months, with property being a particular area of interest for investors.
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Bad data: how to diagnose and fix missing records
Since the Pensions Regulator’s record-keeping guidance was issued in June 2010, data quality and member records have been at the forefront of many trustees' minds.
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Employees being left in lurch over annuities
An annuity purchased from the proceeds of a pension scheme is a major source of retirement income for many people. With auto-enrolment, that is increasingly the case.
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NewsImproved funding levels set off derisking triggers
Four in 10 schemes hit derisking triggers in the year to September as funding levels recovered and institutional investors looked to take risk off the table.
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Managers brace for legal tasks and precedents
2014 preview: The next 12 months should provide extra case law that affects the scheme-employer relationship, further auto-enrolment challenges and preparations for the abolition of contracting-out for defined benefit schemes.
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Schemes face series of admin hurdles in 2014
2014 preview: Pensions liberation, data and tax are among the major administrative challenges schemes will face next year, industry experts have cautioned.
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Two-thirds of employers uneasy over pot-follows-member
News analysis: Around two-thirds of businesses are concerned at the complexity of the automatic transfer regime, while 70 per cent of managers are worried about the broader challenges of auto-enrolment compliance, a survey has found.
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Investors on the hunt for asset performance
2014 preview: Next year will provide defined benefit schemes more derisking opportunities, while defined contribution schemes may need to diversify further during their growth phase, investment experts have predicted.
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How the DB code of practice may affect your scheme
News analysis: Schemes should take a more integrated approach to investment, funding and covenant in their risk management, according to the Pensions Regulator’s consultation on its defined benefit code of practice.
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How schemes got value from fixed income in 2013
This year saw many schemes rethinking fixed income portfolios to gain much needed return in a low-yielding environment.
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Pip founding member details first investment
Strathclyde Pension Fund has approved £50m to be invested in the Pensions Infrastructure Platform and revealed the initiative is considering investments in solar energy.
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NewsAutumn Statement 2013: How it affects your scheme
Today's Autumn Statement left schemes mulling state pension rises, a boost to exchange traded fund investment and an option to allow scheme members to top up their additional state pension.
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Micro scheme membership slumps as market consolidates
Data analysis: The total membership of small schemes with between two and 11 members has fallen by two-thirds over recent years as the market consolidates and auto-enrolment beds in.
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Kent ups property to benefit from stronger yields
Kent Pension Fund has decided to increase its exposure to property by almost 20 per cent to take advantage of attractive yields.
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LGPS given reform blueprint to cut costs
News analysis: Local government pension schemes are being called upon to increase governance and change investment structures to save taxpayers £1bn a year.