All Pensions UK (formerly PLSA) articles – Page 14
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NewsEvents and training for pension managers and trustees – Aug 9
Get your calendar in order with this fortnightly bookmark of upcoming events and training opportunities, targeting pension scheme managers and trustees.
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LGPS sharpens focus on collaboration as consultation looms
News analysis: Local authority schemes are poised for the outcome of a consultation on collaboration which could compel them to pool their investment assets to save on costs.
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Opinion
RADAR: Events and training for pension managers – July 26 edition
Get your calendar in order with this fortnightly bookmark of upcoming events and training opportunities, targeting pension scheme managers and trustees.
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OpinionEditorial: One hundred days…
Last week saw us pass the somewhat arbitrary milestone of 100 days since the introduction of the freedoms, and providers and commentators rushed to give their take on the story so far.
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Opinion
RADAR: Events and training for pension managers – July 10
Get your calendar in order with this fortnightly bookmark of upcoming events and training opportunities, targeting pension scheme managers and trustees.
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NewsIndustry left reeling by latest pension tax proposals
Summer Budget: Chancellor George Osborne today unveiled a green paper proposing a significant overhaul of the current pensions tax relief system, going beyond what the industry had expected and acting as a harbinger of further radical reform.
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Opinion
RADAR: Upcoming events and training for pension managers
Get your calendar in order with this rolling bookmark of upcoming events and training opportunities, targeting pension scheme managers and trustees.
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NewsPiP captures £131m for solar investment
The Pensions Infrastructure Platform has closed the first round of financing for its solar photovoltaics fund, as schemes continue to weigh the benefits of less familiar alternative assets such as renewable energy.
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OpinionNAPF: Why employees are a marker of companies’ long-term success
Talking head: The NAPF’s Will Pomroy explains why investors should demand more information on the workforce when assessing companies’ strengths.
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NAPF turns focus to value of workforce in company reporting
The National Association of Pension Funds has called for improved reporting on human capital in order to enhance investors' insight into companies' long-term growth, strategy and performance.
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More clarity needed on schemes' post-reform offerings
Leadership of DC summit: Panellists demanded a quick response from trustees and providers on defined contribution scheme design, following the introduction of the pension freedoms.
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Industry seeks remedy for multi-employer s75 headache
Experts have questioned the viability of solutions proposed in response to a government consultation to ease Section 75 debt obligations, the cost of which can potentially trap employersin multi-employer schemes.
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Opinion
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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OpinionEditorial: Drivers and disincentives
So taking the politics out of pensions is proving harder than this sensible-sounding phrase suggests.
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DB-DC proposals trigger benefit questions
The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a consultation on transfers out of defined benefit schemes, but experts say a disparity between definitions of money purchase benefits could lead to confusion.
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OpinionNAPF: Half believe drawdown will deliver guaranteed retirement income
Talking Head: The NAPF’s Graham Vidler says its research into member choice at retirement pointed to a worrying amount of confusion over what drawdown really means in practice.
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NAPF seeks certainty over non-default fund switching rules
The National Association of Pension Funds has written to the government to demand clarification on the movement of non-default members between funds, to ease trustee uncertainty around charge cap regulations.
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Recycled annuities could offer income for DB, but buyer beware
Alongside Wednesday’s Budget, the government will launch a consultation on the viability of a secondary market to allow pensioners to cash in their annuities, but questions remain over who would buy them.
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OpinionEditorial: Confronting liquidity risk
Appraisals from audience members exiting the auditoriums at last week’s National Association of Pension Funds’ investment conference was that the sessions were ‘interesting’ or ‘insightful’ – for some, so much so that they were fizzing with enthusiasm.
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NAPF launching scheme guide to investment management agreements
The contractual relationship between trustees and their asset managers will come into focus in a new guide to investment management agreements, being launched by the National Association of Pension Funds tomorrow.