All Opinion articles – Page 90
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Opinion
Why opt-outs are not the only measure of AE success
The problem with measures of success is that they tend to change over time, particularly with 20:20 hindsight. What might be perceived as a roaring success today may come to be seen as a good start gone to waste by later generations.
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How can DGFs adapt to fit under the DC charge cap?
Kevin Frisby from LCP, JLT Investment Consulting's Allan Lindsay, Axa IM's Yoram Lustig, HR Trustees' Giles Payne, Aon Hewitt's Ryan Taylor and Bruce White of LGIM discuss how diversified growth funds can work in line with the defined contribution charge cap, in the third of a four-part panel discussion.
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Learning from Pimco: Has your scheme got a key-man risk?
Asset manager Pimco has been making headlines for the past week after the departure of chief investment officer Bill Gross, the so-called bond king.
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Can you prove the value of your ABCs? A first glance at PPF levy changes
The Pension Protection Fund will now require schemes to provide proof of the value of asset-backed contributions used to reduce levy bills, as part of the lifeboat's amendments to levy calculations.
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OpinionEditorial: Don't spend it all at once
The debate rumbles on. Will the annuity make the best comeback since Lazarus? What should we make of this grand shove into drawdown?
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Letter: In defence of the pensions lawyer
In response to your article, ‘Justifying the fees: How to get value out of your lawyers’, I wish to argue in defence of the pensions lawyer.
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The Tories' individualist, messy pensions policy provides boost for some
Prime minister David Cameron's policy-laden speech to his party's conference today put this week's abolition of the 55 per cent pensions inheritance tax at the heart of its message to core voters.
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NAPF: Time to take stock
It has been an exciting and demanding year for pensions and we are only just out of summer.
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Five reasons to improve your scheme data quality
There is no mystery to how we got to where we are with pension scheme data, or why the Pensions Regulator felt the need to intervene.
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Opinion
How to avoid the illiquidity trap in your fixed income holdings
Everyone involved in pensions knows how important it is to have ready cash to fulfil the promise.
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Are DGFs a good investment for schemes amid strong equity performance?
Kevin Frisby from LCP, JLT Investment Consulting's Allan Lindsay, Axa IM's Yoram Lustig, HR Trustees' Giles Payne, Aon Hewitt's Ryan Taylor and Bruce White of LGIM discuss whether diversified growth funds are a good investment for schemes given the strong performance of equities, in the second of this four-part panel debate.
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With ALM gizmos, are we seeing the gamification of pensions data?
Any other business: Gamification, according to Gabe Zicherman, a technology guru and chair of GSummit, is “the process of using game thinking and game dynamics to engage audiences and solve problems”.
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OpinionEditorial: Measuring up
This week we consider how pension funds can consider performance in two areas of their investments: diversified growth funds and fiduciary management.
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Taking a break from your investment worries
To paraphrase a famous theme tune, making your way in the pensions world today takes almost everything you've got, and taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot.
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How to measure your fiduciary management performance
Evaluating the performance and relative merits of fiduciary management mandates is a challenge, given the varying degrees of delegation and customisation.
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Opinion
How can schemes judge DGF performance?
Kevin Frisby from LCP, JLT Investment Consulting's Allan Lindsay, Axa IM's Yoram Lustig, HR Trustees' Giles Payne, Aon Hewitt's Ryan Taylor and Bruce White of LGIM discuss how schemes can measure the performance of diversified growth funds, in the first of a four-part panel discussion.
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Opinion
Why independent assurance beats mandatory regulation for mastertrusts
Auto-enrolment has changed the pensions landscape as the government moves towards its goal of enrolling around 10m workers into workplace pensions.
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The DC Debate – finding value for members after the Budget
This quarter's DC debate focuses on the investment options that will suit savers in the post-Budget world, including the ever-present battle of jargon and whether members will understand the newfound flexibilities.
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Justifying the fees: How to get value out of your lawyers
Any other business: "The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, but that there are so many answers." This quote, attributed to Ruth Benedict, could easily be applied to the world of pensions law, where achieving consensus among lawyers is an almost impossible task.
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Schemes make record gilts investment, and three other key ONS charts
Schemes invested heavily in fixed income assets – including government, corporate and overseas bonds – last quarter. Anticipated rate rises, schemes derisking out of equities and even switching from synthetic to real gilt holdings have all been investment drivers.