All Society of Pension Professionals articles – Page 6
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OpinionNo featherbed
Editorial: Happy Chinese new year! The year of the fire rooster has begun – the first of its kind in 60 years, so is there anything we can predict from looking at the last one?
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NewsRoyal Mail closure consultation could see strike action
Royal Mail Group has begun consulting with active members on closing its section of the Royal Mail Pension Plan, spurring the threat of industrial action from unions if the sponsor does not react positively to their concerns.
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OpinionHow to decide what is in members’ interests
The Society of Pension Professionals’ Hugh Nolan asks what it means to be a good trustee and what happens when the trustee board is split over that question.
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News
Industry divided over CPIH
The Office for National Statistics has recently said it will make the consumer price index including owner-occupiers’ housing costs its preferred measure for gauging inflation next year, so should the government follow suit for pension indexation and revaluation?
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News
Share prices hit by DB deficits could spur fresh derisking drive
Defined benefit pension deficits are dragging down the market capitalisations of FTSE 100 companies, according to a recent study, as investors recognise the difference between disclosed deficits and the cost of securing benefits upon insolvency.
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OpinionThe Brexit effect on schemes and stats
The Society of Pension Professionals’ Hugh Nolan explains why making sense of financial stats can be tricky when Brexit is involved.
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News
Advice requirement rules could spell end to consumer confusion
The Department for Work and Pensions last week issued a consultation on draft regulations aimed at simplifying the way safeguarded flexible benefits are valued in relation to the freedom and choice advice requirement.
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Features
Retirees avoid overspending yet more become insolvent
Analysis: New figures suggest defined contribution savers reaching retirement might be overspending and increasing their risk of poverty in later years, but experts warn this could be a false alarm.
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OpinionCan the industry make pensioners happy?
Hugh Nolan from the Society of Pension Professionals outlines how old people’s interests could be served by the pensions industry.
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News
Select committee seeks views on expanding regulator powers
The Work and Pensions Committee is to consider amending the powers of the Pensions Regulator and the make-up of the Pension Protection Fund as part of its ongoing inquiry into the Pension Protection Fund and the Pensions Regulator following the collapse of BHS.
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OpinionBad cases make bad law
Hugh Nolan from the Society of Pension Professionals sets out his views on the recent pension fund issues to hit the news.