All Opinion articles – Page 71
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Opinion
The great auto-enrolment review is in train
From the blog: The Public Accounts Committee has launched an inquiry into the risks associated with registering smaller employers for auto-enrolment and how this translates into higher retirement incomes for members.
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OpinionNext-gen auto-enrolment support for smaller employers
The introduction of auto-enrolment has presented a range of challenges for the employer, their payroll administrators and workplace pension scheme providers.
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OpinionShadow pensions minister: Building awareness v expensive publicity
From the blog: Since I became shadow pensions minister the three major issues on my desk every week are the pension freedoms, auto-enrolment and the new single-tier state pension.
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OpinionRaining blows
Editorial: You’ve probably seen it already. The broadside delivered to the Local Government Pension Scheme by the Centre for Policy Studies’ Michael Johnson, in a letter to the FT this week.
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OpinionEmerging markets: Out of adversity comes opportunity
Emerging market equities have for the most part delivered stellar returns since the turn of the century, having enjoyed a prolonged period of strong economic growth, fast-growing domestic consumption and appreciating currencies.
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OpinionIncentivising savings – or reducing tax reliefs?
The 'Strengthening the Incentive to Save' consultation, which ended in September, provoked a lot of discussion within the pensions and savings industry and stirred strong feelings.
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OpinionDerisking: Timing is everything
From the blog: It is not just stand-up comedians that know how important timing is to success. For pension professionals and investors, the ability to implement a decision in a timely fashion can be critical to success.
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OpinionWhy the training debate should centre on pro rather than lay trustees
In her address to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association annual conference last month, the Pensions Regulator’s chief executive Lesley Titcomb tackled mandatory qualifications for trustees.
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Altmann: Government needs your help to revise charging model
Talking Head: As pensions minister, I am acutely conscious that the government can have an important role in encouraging people to plan for later and giving people the opportunity to maintain a decent standard of living in retirement.
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Opinion
LGPS 2016: Three key strands shaping the scheme's future
The Local Government Pension Scheme has a big year ahead but how have recent developments changed the forward trajectory for local authority funds?
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OpinionLords leaves Osborne stumped
Editorial: A Lord’s makeover is overdue and changes to the institution are in train, it was confirmed this week.
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OpinionPrivate market investing – what schemes need to know
With funding deficits touching record highs earlier this year it is clear that pension funds need to do something differently to meet these challenges.
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OpinionWhy MiFID II could be a good thing for pensions
From the blog: Most rules handed down from Europe are treated with distrust, and the forthcoming markets in financial instruments directive – or MiFID II – legislation is no exception.
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OpinionWhy auto-enrolment must be our #1 priority
Talking Head: By the middle of 2018, more than 1.8m employers will have taken their business and their employees through the auto-enrolment process.
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OpinionMonstrous waste or gargantuan success?
Editorial: Nothing says workplace pensions like an oversized, multicoloured, Furby-type thing. I am, of course, talking about the mascot featured in the government’s latest advertising campaign on auto-enrolment.
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OpinionPension Wise weakness flags need for employers to step up
From the blog: The Work and Pensions Committee has rightly criticised Pension Wise this weekfor providing a service that is too impersonal and limited in scope.
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OpinionAre diversified growth funds hitting the mark?
DGFs appear promising on paper but are they meeting investors’ expectations? Investec’s Atul Shinh explains how perceptions are changing.
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Opinion
Johnson: Pension ostriches need a shakeup
Letter: Robert Gardner’s excellent article 'Collective response to an unprecedented problem' screams 'unsustainable': something has got to give. The question is what?
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OpinionPPF: New system leads to fewer appeals
Talking Head: The levy has been a big focus for us at the Pension Protection Fund this autumn as we continue to implement the changes for the second levy triennium – and start to look ahead to future years.
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The battle for DB: Ideas to turn around its fortunes
From the blog: Foggy heads met misty eyes on the morning after the gala dinner at last week’s NAPF/PLSA conference, as four high-profile industry figureheads laid out their ideas to save defined benefit in the DB Debate.