All Opinion articles – Page 67
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Ensuring standards for professional trustees
The number of schemes that use professional trustees has ballooned in recent years, but there is still no formal certification to qualify someone as a professional trustee. Tim Middleton explains what the PMI is doing to help.
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OpinionTata, BHS and the rest
Editorial: From Port Talbot to London, defined benefit pensions have become the worry of the nation – probably rightly so.
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The decumulation market in the wake of freedom and choice
The Specialist: The post-retirement market is still catching up with the biggest pensions overhaul in recent history, as industry experts say more pensioners are leaning towards different drawdown solutions instead of annuitisation.
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Change in law is needed to stop scammers, experts say
Scam activity could be present in as much as 11 per cent of pension transfer requests, consultancy Xafinity has found. Trustees and lawyers say legal constraints prevent them from protecting individuals.
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How has the DGF space developed?
DGF is no longer the new kid on the block, so how has the area developed recently? In the first part of the diversified growth fund roundtable series, City Noble's William Bourne, the MCC Pension Fund's John Nestor, Pictet Asset Management's Percival Stanion, PiRho's Nicola Ralston and Redington's Pete Drewienkiewicz discuss where the DGF and multi-asset space has to offer today.
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OpinionReconfiguring DC: The pensions dashboard
The Specialist: The pensions dashboard could be the upgrade the industry needs to take it into the digital age, but it is at risk of being just another expensive neglected technology project.
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OpinionWhat will the pension freedoms mean for you this year?
One year on from the introduction of the pension freedoms, the Treasury’s Harriett Baldwin looks at the changes underway that are intended to help make them work.
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A balancing act: Will the Lisa meet its dual objectives?
The Specialist: The Lisa’s success will depend on whether it finds investments to meet both of its goals.
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OpinionDC investments have come a long way
Punter Southall’s Alan Morahan looks back at DC investments’ journey and where the future might take them.
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OpinionDebunking five myths about infrastructure debt
From the blog: The global financial crisis has fundamentally changed the way infrastructure projects are funded. Governments have less to spend, while new regulatory constraints have curbed bank lending.
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OpinionAn alternative way to correct mistakes in scheme documents
Although a construction application may speed up the amendment of incorrectly drafted scheme documents, the amount of evidence required makes it a rare occurrence, say Norton Rose Fulbright’s Lesley Harrold and Susan Dingwall.
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OpinionWhat role can property play in a pension fund portfolio?
The ability of property to perform more than one function within an investment portfolio could prove invaluable during slow market growth, says Mercer’s Paul Richards.
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OpinionLive from the PLSA local authority conference 2016
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s Graham Vidler explains why the needs of local pension boards and participating employers in the Local Government Pension Scheme need to be addressed.
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OpinionThe human psychology behind pension communications
Communication specialist Like Mind’s Jerry Edmondson explains what motivates people when they decide whether or not to do something – such as saving into a pension fund.
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Choppy waters: How schemes can invest in volatile markets
Pension schemes have been grappling with the impact of low returns since the global financial crisis, but the environment became even trickier to navigate when the equity market fell sharply at the start of this year.
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OpinionThe promise of European private placements
Mid-market companies in Europe are turning to the private placement markets to raise money in ever greater numbers, joining forces there with investors seeking to diversify risk and improve yield, says S&P Global Ratings’ Alexandra Krief.
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OpinionAchieving better outcomes – where should the burden lie?
Asset manager AB’s David Hutchins explains why providers and trustees should focus on value for money rather than mere cost savings.
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Pension trustee boards and gender diversity: Is the glass ceiling shatterproof?
Analysis: New studies of UK corporate boards show that in the business sector, women still hold very few senior management positions. Has female representation remained comparably low at pension trustee boards in 2016?
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OpinionPools must not leak
Editorial: Asset pooling makes sense, but getting it to work can be a headache – that was the general consensus among Local Government Pension Scheme representatives at our LGPS Leadership Briefing this week.
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OpinionThe challenges of an ageing workforce
Law firm Walker Morris’s Ruth Bamforth looks at what an ageing society and the general shift to defined contribution arrangements means for employers and how they manage their workforces.