All Pensions UK (formerly PLSA) articles – Page 18
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News
Pressure grows for improved default fund standards
News analysis: Focus on the design of default funds has sharpened following government and industry plans to explore new minimum standards, but the process presents challenges, industry experts have said.
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Opinion
Editorial: The metaphysics of quality
Last week, the government issued a call for evidence on quality standards in defined contribution schemes.
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NewsIndustry to meet ministers over impact of UK split
News analysis: Industry figures will meet with ministers next month to flesh out how a split UK pensions system could work in the event of a yes vote for Scottish independence.
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NewsTrinity Mirror sizes up target date fund default
Trinity Mirror is to launch a staff survey to find out whether target date funds are appropriate to all of its employees as the company approaches auto-enrolment.
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News
Royal Mail annuity broking gets almost total member take-up
Members of the Royal Mail Defined Contribution Plan have welcomed the scheme’s decision to default at retirement into an annuity broking service to maximise their retirement income.
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Opinion
Editorial: Informed debate
Over the past six months Pensions Week has been putting effort into driving online debate on the issues that regularly grace these pages.
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News
Young people less likely to opt out, report confirms
Young people are more inclined to save for retirement than their older peers, experts have said, as a survey reveals that young employees are less likely to opt out of auto-enrolment.
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News
Dorset uses LDI loophole to avoid 'unfit' LGPS regs
Dorset County Pension Fund has set up an “expensive” special investment vehicle to circumvent troublesome Local Government Pension Scheme regulations, as it works to manage inflation.
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News
Printing scheme uses AE to trim 5bp off member fee
The Printing Industry Pension Scheme has used auto-enrolment to negotiate a reduction of 5 basis points in its flat fee for members, as the industry looks for ways to lower charges.
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Opinion
How real assets fit into your inflation battle
With bond-like income and growth potential, how can real assets can help control inflation-linked benefits? The supplement’s big story looks at how schemes are managing this key risk.
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Opinion
Croydon eyes infrastructure as gilt alternative
Elusive returns over the past few years have led many pension schemes to look to alternative investments. Croydon Pension Fund is hoping infrastructure will provide the right results over the long term
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Opinion
Pip battles into infra market to drive down fees
The Pensions Infrastructure Platform is moving closer towards establishing a framework for how investments will be managed and allocated, but the route to launch has been peppered with challenges, finds this report from our The Specialist series.
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NewsDC daily pricing blocking illiquid investments
Liquidity requirements for defined contribution schemes are hampering their investment returns and ability to compete with defined benefit plans on the replacement income provided in retirement, an institutional investor group has warned.
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News
DWP: Avoid contract v trust governance debate
The government has said a “black and white” debate about differences in governance standards at contract and trust-based schemes is an unwelcome distraction from ensuring high standards across all arrangements.
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News
NAPF: Young opt-ins biggest auto-enrolment surprise
Employees too young to be auto-enrolled have been a notable group opting in to workplace saving, the National Association of Pension Funds has reported, calling it one of the most interesting aspects of auto-enrolment so far.
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Opinion
Schemes hold off infrastructure investment while Pip develops
Continued deliberation over the Pensions Infrastructure Platform is slowing overall investment in the asset class as schemes await detail on how the initiative will be set up, investment experts have reported.
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OpinionEnsuring quality in your auto-enrolment scheme
In the absence of an official benchmark, this week’s In Depth looks at how employers are deciding which schemes are better for auto-enrolment, and how to promote them to staff.
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FeaturesRailpen warns members of early-release scams
The £20bn scheme has warned its members about potentially illegal early-release offers in order to manage the risk of fraud and tax costs to their retirement savings.
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Features
Countdown to improve admin with end of contracting out
With the abolition of contracting out on DC schemes just two months away, Anna Lyudvig looks at how schemes can use the reform to improve their administration.
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FeaturesHow BBC’s Care scheme signed up 8,000 members
As the deadline passes for BBC staff to sign up to the corporation’s new career average plan, Anna Lyudvig analyses how schemes can manage such a move