All Opinion articles – Page 107
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Editorial: The politics of scale
Another week, another few tweaks to the shape of the workplace pensions market.
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How to build the ideal trustee board for members
The first point to make when considering the ideal size and composition of pension scheme trustee boards is there is no one-size-fits-all approach.
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Why pooling local govt funds would boost fees battle
Local authority pension funds have been attracting a high degree of interest of late. And rightly so.
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Editorial: The metaphysics of quality
Last week, the government issued a call for evidence on quality standards in defined contribution schemes.
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Managing your four toughest infrastructure debt risks
Many pension schemes have adopted a twin-track approach to investment strategy that initially seeks to reduce risk versus liabilities by investing in assets that deliver long-dated, inflation-linked cash flows.
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Sea change needed to lift contract governance to trust standards
In contrast to the position for trust-based schemes, there is currently no legislative or regulatory requirement for contract-based schemes to have formal governance arrangements in place.
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Why pounds-and-pence charges are not enough
We are all well aware of the issues of transparency and accountability, especially in these times when one financial services scandal after another hits the press on a regular basis.
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Editorial: Time to review your auto-enrolment spend?
The spending review seems to have passed by without directly impacting workplace pension schemes.
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Editorial: Informed debate
Over the past six months Pensions Week has been putting effort into driving online debate on the issues that regularly grace these pages. So I thought I’d highlight some of the comments in this week’s busiest LinkedIn thread on our group page.
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EMD report: how to take advantage of the market dip
While emerging market assets have been battered in recent weeks, the debt sell-off could in fact provide added opportunity for pension schemes.
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Editorial: Find someone who's turning
Back in 2012, Nigel Waterson, chair of Now Pensions, sat in the Pensions Week studio defending the mastertrust’s one-size-fits-all investment approach.
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OpinionHow to avoid a £250,000 data protection fine
Schemes and employers should know their obligations when it comes to looking after member information, but legal experts have warned that without proper consideration it could be easy to fall foul of data protection rules.
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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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Editorial: A pat on the back?
Well done all. Fifty-six per cent of respondents to this year’s governance survey by the Pensions Regulator – published at the end of last month – feel their governance is “very” effective.
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The key steps to the best annuity for your members
With annuity rates at such lows and living costs rising, individuals need to think carefully about retirement and what they will need in terms of both income and financial protection for their loved ones.
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How to unlock inflation linkage from long-lease
The long-lease property market is starting to diversify beyond supermarkets, opening up further opportunities for schemes to access inflation linkage through domestic real assets
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Have you underplayed your EMD risks?
Emerging market debt has had a busy couple of years for inflows as UK pension schemes pile into the asset class, but the latest entrants could have suffered in recent months.
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Editorial: Greatest prize is pushing DC ahead
Last week saw the 14th annual Pension and Investment Provider Awards take place at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel.
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Three models for constructing your investment committee
What powers should be devolved to your investment committee? It depends on which model of investment governance you have, argues Muse Advisory’s Anne Kershaw, in the latest Technical View.
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Editorial: Funding – the poor relation?
Defined benefit schemes across the country breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after the European Commission bowed to increasing pressure and chopped solvency requirements from its upcoming IORP II directive.