All Opinion articles – Page 110
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SMEs, auto-enrolment and keeping young people engaged
Almost a year after its introduction, auto-enrolment has been successful so far in getting young people into the savings habit.
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Editorial: Lessons from Norway
Last week saw a four-hour strike by firefighters in England and Wales owing to changes to their pension terms which will force them to work for longer.
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Is your scheme independence-proof?
A report released last month by the Scottish government outlined how it plans to tackle the structural and legislative hurdles currently blocking Scotland from disentangling its pensions system from the UK.
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Why clarity is needed over pensions liberation
In this Informed Comment, Sackers’ Zoë Lynch takes a look at the tricky situation faced by schemes over pensions liberation, and why a “simple amendment within the existing legislative framework” might not be enough to help them.
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Edinburgh: AE has raised employee awareness
Auto-enrolment has been less painful than expected for the pensions team at the University of Edinburgh.
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How SMEs can deal with a capacity squeeze
Despite regulators and advisers all compelling smaller companies to take early action, many may have left it too late to bag the industry’s best AE providers.
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What a 1% cap could mean for AE value
In this week’s In Depth, Emma Powell analyses how a charges cap could affect managers and members of DC pension schemes.
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A scheme guide to AE contribution requirements
Anne-Marie Winton, partner at law firm Nabarro, works step by step through the auto-enrolment contribution requirements, in the latest Technical View.
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Editorial: Embracing apathy
This year’s eight annual Leadership of Pensions Summit left in its wake quite a few lessons, and some surprises too, about how pension schemes and policymakers are meeting today’s industry challenges.
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Editorial: Can the UK learn from US pensions?
Talk of special relationships between the UK and US has again hit the headlines. Although there seems to be common ground when it comes to politics, it has not extended into the world of pensions.
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Steps to take to equalise your guaranteed minimum pensions
In the latest edition of Technical View, DLA Piper’s Tamara Calvert, explains how schemes should approach equalising guaranteed minimum pensions.
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Schemes are not obliged to prop up UK economy
Pension schemes do not have an obligation to support a weakened UK economy, argues PensionsFirst’s David Norgrove in the latest Informed Comment.
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Editorial: Bringing pensions into the information age
The 21 century has been deemed the information or digital age. It is thought we are now exposed to as much data in a single day as someone in the 15 century was exposed to in an entire lifetime.
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Audits can speed up AE’s legal sign-off
Sackers’ Ferdinand Lovett proposes a four-stage audit so companies ensure they get the best from auto-enrolment legal advice.
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Diversity of thought needed on trustee boards
To achieve optimal board diversification, distinct ways of thinking should be sought first and foremost, argues The Pensions Trust’s Sarah Smart in the latest Informed Comment.
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Keeping members informed and happy
Focusing on expected outcomes is key when developing a default fund, says PTL’s Richard Butcher.
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Editorial: Freedom from want
The reaction to last week’s TUC report on state pension reform understandably focused on the results which, the union held, supported its claim that £144 a week would leave the “vast majority of people” worse off.
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Why pension schemes must act to correct poor data
Bad record-keeping is a blight on the industry and schemes must work with their administrators to meet the challenge, argues Spence & Partners’ Neil Copeland in the latest Industry view.
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Editorial: Speak softly and carry a big stick
We may have taken our annual print break over the past three weeks, but online at pensionsweek.com we’ve ensured our summer holiday readers had plenty to browse through.
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The cost obsession is creating a false dichotomy
For the pension savers brought on through auto-enrolment, it is too simplistic to equate lower-cost funds with good value, argues Jupiter’s Charlie Crole in the latest Informed Comment.