All Opinion articles – Page 104
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Opinion
Debating the pros and cons of illiquid assets in DC
The prime challenge for defined contribution schemes in these times of increasingly correlated markets is to diversify in the hope of superior performance from alternative assets.
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A scheme guide to AE exceptions and exemptions
The original auto-enrolment legislative regime only exempted two limited categories of jobholder.
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Editorial: Towards a consistent variety
At last week’s Society of Pension Consultants dinner, the Pensions Regulator’s outgoing chair Michael O’Higgins – after acknowledging his out-going had been stretched a little longer than expected – gave us a glimpse of the watchdog’s approach to DB regulation.
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How to construct your fund's SRI strategy
More and more pension funds are considering investing in socially responsible investment strategies.
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Why not all mastertrusts deserve the name
Trust and pensions are two words that have not always sat comfortably next to each other.
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Do multi-asset strategies provide value for money?
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 three of PW’s multi-asset investment roundtable.
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Is now the right or wrong time to invest in multi-asset funds?
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 two of PW’s multi-asset investment roundtable.
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Editorial: On the threshing floor
Steve Webb has drawn a line in the sand. Or rather, three lines in the sand.
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OpinionMulti-asset strategies: risk, cost, performance
Industry experts debate the performance, value-for-money, and governance requirements of multi-asset investment strategies, in this four-part discussion.
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Do schemes understand multi-asset investment?
JLT’s Allan Lindsay, Buck Consultants’ Ciaráan Mulligan, Capital Cranfield’s Jonathan Reynolds and Invesco’s Georgina Taylor discuss schemes’ grasp of the strategy’s place in their portfolios, in part four of PW’s multi-asset investment roundtable.
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How to bridge the retirement gender gap
News analysis: As long-term saving among women hits an all-time low, providers and advisers have urged schemes and the wider industry to cooperate in encouraging adequate retirement saving.
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Five ways to retain your auto-enrolled members
What can be done to encourage those who have been auto-enrolled to stay in and engage with their pension schemes?
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Why I’m optimistic on the future of defined ambition
In this week’s Informed Comment, Barnett Waddingham’s Nick Griggs looks at the two broad options for a risk-sharing middle way between defined benefit and defined contribution.
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Editorial: Where is the AE contribution tipping point?
Pressure is growing on the minimum auto-enrolment contribution rates.
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Editorial: Building understanding
It was about the time that Steve Webb started rapping and holding up sandwich bags that I reflected on what I had learnt at the NAPF conference.
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Not all schemes should resist equities' 'fatal attraction'
To the ear of a manager running a defined benefit scheme, the call to reinvest in equities holds the same perilous appeal as the siren call drawing captive sailors to their deaths on the rocky shores of Faiakes – the attraction is undeniable but fatal.
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Bringing together providers to meet your AE duties
Auto-enrolment is officially a year old and more than 1m workers have already been enrolled.
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A guide to the PPF's time-saving provider panels
The Pension Protection Fund is beefing up. Its latest unveiling has revealed its revamped legal panel – the law firms that will advise the growing fund on insolvency and corporate matters.
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Why schemes should not exclude investment in payday lenders
Schemes certainly should not rule out investment in payday loan companies.
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How to manage your scheme's payment error risk
'Right benefit, to the right individual at the right time' is administration nirvana for pension scheme trustees.