All Opinion articles – Page 76
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OpinionWhy the training debate should centre on pro rather than lay trustees
As the Pensions Regulator sharpens its focus on finding a suitable model for the 21st century trustee, PMI’s Tim Middleton explores the growing trend towards professionalising the role.
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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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OpinionIncentivising savings – or reducing tax reliefs?
There is still no certainty about the future tax treatment of pensions. The Society of Pension Professionals’ president Duncan Buchanan explains why we might just end up with the system we have got.
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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
Opportunities abound for trustees looking at the private debt markets, but investment is not straightforward. BlackRock’s Andrew Stephens equips schemes with the essential information.
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OpinionWhy auto-enrolment must be our #1 priority
Talking Head: The PLSA’s Graham Vidler on why the latest tranche of employers need full support in order to ensure the success of the initiative.
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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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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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OpinionPension Wise weakness flags need for employers to step up
From the blog: The Work and Pensions Committee has rightly criticised Pension Wise this week for providing a service that is too impersonal and limited in scope.
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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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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 Pension Protection Fund’s Chris Collins shares how the PPF’s invoicing has gone since the new insolvency risk model was introduced, and what else is in the pipeline.
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OpinionWhat we can learn from the first three years of AE
From the blog: Auto-enrolment was always going to be something of a movable feast since the scheme began three years ago.
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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.
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How DB schemes can offset end of contracting-out costs
The end of contracting out means extra costs for defined benefit sponsors and members. CMS Cameron McKenna’s Johanna Clarke and Keith Webster reveal how employers can ease some of the pain.
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OpinionA real crowd PLSA
Editorial: The NAPF annual conference is the pinnacle of pensions jollies and the event this week had an added buzz in the air. While the industry still faces some uncertain times, it was enjoying what seemed to be a greater sense of stability in its own identity compared with this time last year.
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OpinionSegmenting the membership – why it’s done and how it works
Knowing who your members are and how they behave is a powerful tool for compelling them to take action – much like in online shopping, says AHC’s Karen Partridge.
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Tough markets force funds to act smarter
UK pension funds have been searching for ways to invest in traditional assets in non-traditional ways, moving further into the alternatives and multi-asset spaces.
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The butterfly effect – How to take cover and control
Chinese equity shocks captured the headlines over the summer but UK pension funds should equip themselves for a deeper period of entrenched low-growth.