All Opinion articles – Page 97
-
Opinion
PIPA 2014 in tweets: to the victors, the spoils
The best of the tweets from the victors and the rest at the 2014 Pension and Investment Provider Awards. For many more search #pipa2014.
-
Opinion
Regulator's corporate plan: AE, funding, and trustee training
The Pensions Regulator has laid out its corporate plan for the next three years, in which it sets out plans to review its approach to ensuring high standards of governance and administration for schemes. It will also seek to improve the knowledge and understanding of trustees.
-
Opinion
NAPF endorses secondary property investments
Sometimes its good to know you are ahead of the crowd. This week we published our supplement – The Specialist – on property and real assets. One theme running through the edition was the growth of secondary property investments among UK schemes.
-
Opinion
How to engage your deferred members
Keeping pension scheme members interested and engaged in their retirement savings is challenging at the best of times.
-
Opinion
Regulator: Where DC schemes are failing legal minimum
Retirement savers rightly expect that the money they have put away for later in life will be carefully managed by competent people with their best interests at heart.
-
OpinionThe DC Debate – judging the impact of the saver's Budget
This quarter's debate of the crucial issues facing defined contribution scheme managers and trustees evaluates the fallout of the 2014 Budget, as well as the pensions minister's latest comment on tax relief.
-
Opinion
Why bullish equity markets won't dent DGF appetite
Defined benefit pension schemes' investment challenges have grown over the past decade, and this is reflected by their changing asset allocation choices.
-
Opinion
Regulator makes latest bid for transparency in case decisions
The Pensions Regulator has issued a six-week consultation on the procedure it follows in cases where decisions are made by the executive arm of the regulator.
-
OpinionEditorial: Finding the tipping point
When will institutional investor sentiment towards Africa pass the tipping point from outside bet to portfolio mainstay?
-
OpinionBoth sides declare triumph after National Express resolution defeated
Shareholders have voted against a resolution backed by UK schemes at National Express Group's annual general meeting this week, with spokespeople on both sides of the issue claiming victory.
-
Opinion
Webb: we will enable risk-sharing to meet members' certainty demand
Our programme of pensions reform is gathering momentum, but there is more to come.
-
Opinion
Pensions bill receives royal assent: our coverage of the changes
The pensions bill 2013-2014 is scheduled to receive royal assent today, to officially become an act.
-
Opinion
How to design your DC default pre-retirement phase
The changes announced in the 2014 Budget have left many trustees, employers and providers scratching their heads and wondering what this means for default investment options.
-
Opinion
Africa closes the economic gap, investors should act now
The cold war was an unmitigated disaster for emerging markets and for Africa in particular.
-
OpinionEditorial: Back to school
First off, thank you to all those who attended our Leadership of DC Pensions event last week. You can read a review of the day in tweets, pictures and comments on our new blog at pensions-expert.com/the-cut.
-
OpinionRelive our DC Leadership event in tweets
Editor's blog: This morning pension decision-makers and policymakers came for the first ever Leadership of DC Pensions summit, presented by #FTLive, to debate the challenges facing defined contribution pension schemes.
-
Opinion
LPFA: Why the government has missed a trick on reform
On Thursday the Department for Communities and Local Government issued a consultation on the future of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
-
Opinion
Where can schemes find value in today’s equity market?
The role of equities is changing in scheme's portfolios. Goodhart Partners' Alan Barlett, Hymans Robertson's Andy Green, JLT's Kieran Harkin, KPMG's Jon Exley and M&G's Aled Smith discuss where value in the asset class can be found.
-
OpinionEquities: evolving role, finding value and technological impact
A panel of experts debate if the role of equities has changed in portfolios, where value can be found in equity markets, and how equities are valued in the digital age in this three-part roundtable.
-
Opinion
A scheme guide on how to set your discount rate
First, let’s be clear on what the discount rate is. If we consider valuation calculations as a two-step process, the first step is to determine the expected future cash flows from the pension scheme in nominal terms.