All Opinion articles – Page 102
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Pensions bill receives royal assent: our coverage of the changes
The pensions bill 2013-2014 is scheduled to receive royal assent today, to officially become an act.
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Africa closes the economic gap, investors should act now
Ashmore’s Jan Dehn looks at whether Africa should be the next investment frontier for UK pension funds, in the latest edition of our Informed Comment series.
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How to design your DC default pre-retirement phase
Premier’s Martin Thompson takes stock of the Budget’s historic changes to defined contribution savers’ pre-retirement journey and how scheme design must change to match them, in the latest Technical Comment.
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OpinionEditorial: Back to school
First off, thank you to all those who attended our Leadership of DC Pensions event last week. You can read a review of the day in tweets, pictures and comments on our new blog at pensions-expert.com/the-cut.
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OpinionRelive our DC Leadership event in tweets
Editor's blog: This morning pension decision-makers and policymakers came for the first ever Leadership of DC Pensions summit, presented by #FTLive, to debate the challenges facing defined contribution pension schemes.
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The regulator’s anti-avoidance powers have not held corporate activity hostage
Gordons’ Matthew Ambler considers how the Pensions Regulator has wielded its anti-avoidance powers over the past decade, and what the impact has been on schemes and employers, in the latest Informed Comment.
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How can you value equities in the digital age?
The role of equities is changing in scheme's portfolios. Goodhart Partners' Alan Barlett, Hymans Robertson's Andy Green, JLT's Kieran Harkin, KPMG's Jon Exley and M&G's Aled Smith discuss where value in the asset class can be found.
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Has the role of equities changed in scheme portfolios?
The role of equities is changing in scheme's portfolios. Goodhart Partners' Alan Barlett, Hymans Robertson's Andy Green, JLT's Kieran Harkin, KPMG's Jon Exley and M&G's Aled Smith discuss where value in the asset class can be found.
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A scheme guide on how to set your discount rate
In the latest edition of Technical Comment, Malcolm Rochowski gets back to basics on how to calculate a scheme discount rate.
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OpinionEquities: evolving role, finding value and technological impact
A panel of experts debate if the role of equities has changed in portfolios, where value can be found in equity markets, and how equities are valued in the digital age in this three-part roundtable.
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Where can schemes find value in today’s equity market?
The role of equities is changing in scheme's portfolios. Goodhart Partners' Alan Barlett, Hymans Robertson's Andy Green, JLT's Kieran Harkin, KPMG's Jon Exley and M&G's Aled Smith discuss where value in the asset class can be found.
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LPFA: Why the government has missed a trick on reform
Talking head: The LPFA’s chief executive Susan Martin argues the government’s consultation on how local authority pension funds can benefit from working collectively does not go far enough.
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Industry reaction to £85bn active-passive LGPS shake-up
The Department for Communities and Local Government has proposed that £85bn held by the 89 local authority pension funds should be moved into a single passive investment vehicle, triggering immediate reaction from consultants and schemes.
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OpinionEditorial: When is advice not advice?
The great advice versus guidance debate of 2014 is gathering apace. Let us step back for a moment and consider it from the viewpoint of the person on the Clapham omnibus.
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Final mastertrust assurance framework released: key points
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Pensions Regulator have today released their final mastertrust assurance framework, including reducing the number and detail of control objectives to reduce burden on providers.
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OpinionWebb keen to get the handshakes for Budget pension reforms
Editor’s blog: At today’s Work and Pensions Select Committee, pensions minister Steve Webb was keen to underline the role of his department in the Budget’s smashing of the conventional annuity market.
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Why not all asset-backed securities are created equal
Henderson’s Ed Panek hunts value in the world of asset-backed securities, and predicts an increasing number of pension schemes will look past the problems of the last financial crisis, in the latest Technical View.
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Auto-annuity purchase is dead – here’s how providers will respond
Guest column: Pensions expert Ros Altmann picks out some of the products that will benefit from the Budget’s assault on the entrenched annuity market.
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Criticism of fid man selection and transparency is unfounded
Aon Hewitt’s Sion Cole mounts a robust defence of the fee structures, manager selection and performance metrics at play in fiduciary management mandates, in the latest Informed Comment.
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Lincs defends 'pseudo-passive' equities in fracking furore
Yesterday's Independent newspaper reported Lincolnshire County Council Pension Fund is leading a group of schemes in denying a conflict of interest over its £1.5m investment in French oil company Total, which is exploring shale gas exploration in the area, rendering Lincolnshire the latest scheme to have to defend publicly an underlying investment.