All Opinion articles – Page 103
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Why Pensions Week is becoming Pensions Expert
Editor's note: On Monday December 16 the final print issue of Pensions Week will be published. On January 13 we will become Pensions Expert.
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Steering clear of a £500k information security fine
Trustees often outsource aspects of pension scheme management to third-party service providers, but do they fully understand the potential vulnerabilities to their schemes and members, particularly in the digital age?
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Concerns of rate rises is putting schemes off LDI
Is lack of understanding holding scheme back from liability-driven investment derivative strategies? Yes – but not in the way you might think.
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OpinionFiduciary management: tendering, oversight and trustee involvement
A panel of experts debate the increase use of fiduciary management in the UK, the tendering process and if schemes should use an independent adviser, in this four-part discussion.
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OpinionDerisking: timing, governance and value
A panel of experts debate the optimum timing, governance arrangements and how to secure value in derisking deals, in this four-part discussion.
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How to get value on your derisking deal
Our panel – Rothesay Life’s Myles Pink, Spence’s Marian Elliott, Capita Employee Benefits’ Julie Stothard, the AMNT’s Robin Bell and PTL’s Kim Nash – debate the best decision-making structure for derisking.
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Derisking collaboration between schemes and employers
JLT’s Allan Lindsay, Buck Consultants’ Ciarán Mulligan, Capital Cranfield’s Jonathan Reynolds and Invesco’s Georgina Taylor discuss how investors interpret multi-asset strategies, in part one of PW’s multi-asset investment roundtable.
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Editorial: All systems go
And I thought things were supposed to calm down before Christmas? Last week saw a smattering of debate and policy in the pensions industry.
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Learning overseas lessons on DC design
While a succession of regulatory developments have laid the groundwork for better retirement outcomes for many thousands of employees now enrolling in defined contribution plans, in many ways it is still a sector in its infancy.
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Fireproofing your portfolio against market shifts
The global financial crisis demonstrated that extreme events are not as unlikely as many models predict.
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Should schemes conduct a fiduciary management beauty parade?
KPMG’s Patrick McCoy, Eversheds’ Jeremy Goodwin, Buck Global Investment Advisors’ Brian McCauley, Russell Investments’ Shamindra Perera, MN’s Christy Jesudasan and BNP Paribas’ Anton Wouters discuss whether schemes should conduct a beauty parade when appointing a fiduciary manager.
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Are smaller charities heading for a fall over AE implementation?
Concerns over the charity sector’s ability to implement auto-enrolment have been raised in a report that makes explicit the disparity between the sector’s overconfidence to carry out the reform and its ability to actually do so.
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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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How to determine the value to your scheme of a buy-in/buyout contract
A bulk annuity contract is a financial transaction between the trustees of a pension scheme and an insurance company.
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Is the PPF assessment process getting value for DB members?
In the latest edition of Informed Comment, Spence & Partners’ Alan Collins says the introduction of the Pension Protection Fund’s specialist panels have delivered value for money for scheme members and levy payers.
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Editorial: To the collective benefit
An eloquent voice has been added to those calling for the introduction of collective defined contribution pension schemes in this country to drive better outcomes for savers.
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How to build your infrastructure mandate
There are places to start for pension funds building their infrastructure portfolios, despite a lack of assets and potentially costly bidding processes, explains PIC’s Allen Twyning in this week’s Technical View.
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Why too many DC regulators spoil the broth
We live with two systems of regulation for occupational pension schemes.
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Editorial: The two-headed monster
Defined benefit scheme managers and trustees could be forgiven for feeling perplexed at the government’s attitude to the benefits they oversee.
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Mastertrust governance: the case for the defence
Letter: On November 5 you published an article written by Morten Nilsson of Now Pensions titled 'Why not all mastertrusts deserve the name'. It was fireworks day so I assume he was deliberately attempting to light a blue touch paper!