All articles by Pensions Expert – Page 15
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NewsPLSA Investment Conference 2023: Live blog
If you’re not up in Edinburgh for the PLSA’s annual investment conference then this is the next best thing. Stay tuned for latest updates and goings on.
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NewsWebinar: Pension Protection Fund 2022 Purple Book
The Pension Protection Fund will be publishing its annual analysis of the defined benefit sector on December 1.
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PIPA 2022: Fostering innovation and driving change
Pensions Expert hosted a series of fascinating panels and fireside chats ahead of announcing its Pension and Investment Provider Awards 2022 winners. Our journalists discussed a range of topics including cost transparency and best practice, which have been tested in recent weeks by market turbulence.
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NewsRisk in retirement: Where are we now?
Join the Financial Times and Pensions Expert for an exclusive two-hour briefing, in association with Societe Generale, to discuss increasing pension portfolio risks and exploring what more can and needs to be done to secure safer outcomes in retirement.
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PIPA 2022: Have you made the shortlist?
Find out if you have been shortlisted for the annual Pension and Investment Provider Awards organised by Pensions Expert. The winners will be announced at an exclusive event later this year.
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How to win a PIPA and influence judges
The March 11 deadline for submissions into this year’s Pension and Investment Provider Awards is fast approaching.
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PIPA Awards – deadline for entries extended
The Pension and Investment Provider Awards 2022 deadline for entry submissions has been extended to March 11.
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PIPAs seeking the best and brightest of the pensions industry
The Pension and Investment Provider Awards for 2022 have now opened for submissions.
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NewsPIPA 2021: Judging panels announced
The Pension and Investment Provider Awards welcome their first virtual judging panels, drawing on a wealth of industry experience to pick out standout performers in the pensions industry over the past year.
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NewsPIPAs on hunt for Covid-defying performances
Pensions Expert’s annual awards are open for entries, with judges imploring providers that have not hid behind Covid excuses and managers that have truly set themselves apart on sustainability to come forward for consideration.
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PIPA 2020: Top managers feature in Guide to Good Pensions
Investment managers pushing the envelope on performance, service and innovation are being celebrated this month in the second part of the Pension and Investment Provider Awards 2020.
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PodcastsPodcast: What falling sterling means for pension funds
Podcast: It has been a rocky few months for sterling, with the currency falling more than 7 per cent since May. In this podcast, Shoqat Bunglawala, head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s global portfolio solutions business, and Simeon Willis, chief investment officer at XPS Pensions, discuss the main reasons behind the decline, and what it means for pension funds.
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PodcastsPodcast: Tackling the 'long tail' of underperforming smaller schemes
Podcast: The Pensions Regulator’s latest defined contribution survey revealed that only 4 per cent of micro schemes and 1 per cent of small schemes are meeting all of the watchdog’s governance standards. David Fairs, TPR’s executive director for regulatory policy, analysis and advice, has previously described the “long tail” of underperforming smaller schemes as “unacceptable”. In this podcast, Mr Fairs talks to Pensions Expert about what the survey’s findings mean, and how the DC landscape might change.
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FTSE 350 deficit up to £51bn as political and financial turmoil ahead
On the go: FTSE 350 companies saw their pension deficit grow in July, from £48bn at the end of June to £51bn by the end of July, a £3bn increase. Funding levels were unchanged over the month at 94 per cent, according to Mercer.
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Huge gulf in UK workplace pension provision by sector
On the go: Pension provision and employer contributions vary wildly across UK employment sectors, with the financial services at the top and agriculture, forestry and fishing propping up the bottom of the tables.
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PodcastsPodcast: The future of trusteeship
Podcast: Is there a big difference in governance standards between boards with a professional trustee and boards without? Should lay trustees have to demonstrate how they have acquired a minimum level of knowledge and understanding? And what can be done to increase diversity on boards? In this episode, Laura Andrikopoulos, head of governance consulting at Hymans Robertson, discusses some of the Pensions Regulator’s ‘Future of trusteeship and governance’ consultation proposals, and what impact they might have on the industry.
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PodcastsPodcast: What the firefighters' and judges' case means for pensions policy
Podcast: The government was recently denied leave to appeal a Court of Appeal ruling that pension changes discriminated against younger firefighters and judges. What does this mean for government policy regarding public sector pensions? And how could the issue spill over into private sector pensions? In this episode, Rosalind Connor, partner at Arc Pensions Law, discusses the far-reaching implications of this landmark case.