All Opinion articles – Page 79
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OpinionEditorial: Revealing more than just winners
Last week's Pension & Investment Provider Awards ceremony in London was a glitzy affair attended by key pensions industry folk from all corners of the sector.
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How DB and DC funds can outsmart prolonged low yields
With the UK general election decided in favour of the Conservatives, market attention may return to the prospective path for economic growth, inflation and interest rates.
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Why investors should customise private equity for greater control
The alternative investment industry faces a transformation in the way it works with clients.
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OpinionHow the pensions lifeboat is steering towards its 2030 funding target
The Pension Protection Fund has set a clear target to be self-sufficient by 2030. Informed by our long-term risk model measuring our progress, this gives us a road map that helps us to make decisions about the levy and how we invest our assets.
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OpinionSpotted! Top photos from #PIPA2015
Here's a few of the best shots from last night's 16th annual Pension & Investment Provider Awards at the Sheraton Park Lane hotel, hosted by comedian Mark Dolan.
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OpinionNest: Keeping our eyes on the prize
Talking Head: With all the change happening, it is really important we continue to focus on completing the job of successfully implementing auto-enrolment.
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OpinionEditorial: Navigating risk and reward
The term ‘low-yield environment’, which once struck fear into the hearts of scheme trustees tackling deficits, has all but got its feet under the table. We are almost, but not quite, at home with the reality, like the in-laws who came for two weeks but ended up staying for six months.
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OpinionHow DB-DC can be a win-win for employers and staff
Blog: The revolutionary pension freedoms introduced in April allow employees to transfer out of their employer’s defined benefit pension schemes and take benefits as cash rather than pension.
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Making the case for hedge funds
Hedge funds have an important role in the growth portfolios of institutional investors. These alternative funds provide exposure to non-traditional return drivers that can diversify risks dominating the traditional portfolio, particularly equity risk.
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How to avoid the tax pitfalls of collective investing
Collective investment vehicles offer many benefits, says Steve Charlton, but pension funds need to fully understand what they are buying into.
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Industry starts wish list for new pensions minister
After years of profound legislative change, many people in the pensions industry are calling on new pensions minister Ros Altmann to usher in an era of relative calm. Some of these same people would also like her to push for an independent retirement savings commission.
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Lock into lending for rich rewards
When ancient Sumerian farmers needed tools they leased them from local officials. And when the officials dutifully noted down who had borrowed what and when, they unwittingly created the first recorded lease agreements.
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How do you run a trustee election?
Following a largely unexpected result last week, the United Kingdom has a team in place to try and steer the country towards greater prosperity, opportunity and fairness (we hope).
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OpinionEditorial: Stability a long way off
The election was unlike any other in recent memory for a host of reasons: its too-close-to-call nature, the shock not-quite-as-close exit poll on Thursday night, Jeremy Paxman ditching his fearsome Newsnight demeanour to dabble in wit on comedy panel shows.
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OpinionEducate, guide, default – how schemes should deal with DC flex
The new pension flexibility has now been available for one month. Early indications suggest a great deal of interest among pension savers, but it is too early to identify trends in terms of what people will do with their pension savings.
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Time to count the cost of currency trading
Auto-enrolment has triggered a chain reaction in the UK pensions space. The policy led to a study from the Office of Fair Trading to ensure investors were protected from unfair charges.
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OpinionLegislating for change
Talking Head: The election rhetoric is over. Now the newly formed Conservative government will have to balance the weight of public expectation with the reality of political compromise.
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OpinionGeneral election 2015 – in pictures
General election 2015: Even the Conservatives couldn't quite hide their surprise at the outcome. Here are some key moments for party leaders following a night they will never forget...
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DC for a small planet: managing a multinational scheme
The shift towards defined contribution is a global trend, with assets in six of the world’s major pension markets rising to 47 per cent of total retirement assets at the end of 2013 from 38 per cent in 2003, according to Towers Watson data.
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LPFA: How proper governance can boost fund returns
Talking Head: In my last column I wrote about the two partnerships London Pensions Fund Authority had recently signed with Lancashire County Pension Fund and Greater Manchester Pension Fund.