All Barnett Waddingham articles – Page 17
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Opinion
Ready or not: pensions administration post-April 2015
The 2014 Budget rewrote the rule book on retirement benefits, ushering in massively expanded flexibility for defined contribution members, while simultaneously throwing down some fairly significant challenges for scheme administrators.
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News
Default fund design hamstrung by lack of behavioural data
Defined contribution experts have said a lack of sufficient data on members’ likely reaction to April's pension flexibilities is leaving default fund design in a state of limbo.
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Opinion
Are you letting silos dominate your investment portfolio?
Any other business: Traders in the City’s investment banks sit for hours executing fixed income or equity trades but will rarely cross the floor to speak to the desk of another asset class.
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News
AE concerns grow as non-compliance jumps
Consultants have called for increased efforts to break down the complexities of auto-enrolment for smaller employers as data from the Regulator revealed a sharp increase in non-compliance actions in the final three months of last year.
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News
Schemes plan partial DB-DC transfers to trim liabilities
Legal experts have reported an increase in pension schemes planning to reduce their liabilities by changing their rules to allow partial transfer of members' pure defined benefit assets into defined contribution arrangements.
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Features
Can a scheme rebrand reignite member engagement?
Any other business: The ongoing pension reforms inevitably have pushed schemes to reevaluate how they engage with members and update their communication materials.
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News
Kent sees 75% reduction in overpayment write-offs
Kent Pension Fund has driven down its overpayment write-offs by 75 per cent after the implementation of monthly mortality screening – as administration experts raise concerns about schemes’ data holes.
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News
Marine Harvest's trilingual roadshow keeps opt-outs in single figures
Salmon supplier Marine Harvest used boats, planes and cars to reach employees across the far reaches of northern Scotland, in a face-to-face auto-enrolment communication campaign that reflects the challenges faced by remote employers.
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Opinion
How to make workplace pensions relevant for younger people
Industry experts have called for education and greater flexibility in savings products for younger people, after a survey revealed exceptionally low levels of engagement among new entrants to the workforce.
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Opinion
Where is innovation coming from in fiduciary management?
Barnett Waddingham’s Simon Cohen, Buck Consultants’ Brian McCauley, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Carolyn Tavares, Russell Investments’ Shamindra Perera, Sackers’ Stuart O’Brien, and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn compare experiences of innovation within the fiduciary management arena, in the final part of this discussion.
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Opinion
What are the relative strengths of asset managers and delegated consultants?
Barnett Waddingham’s Simon Cohen, Buck Consultants’ Brian McCauley, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Carolyn Tavares, Russell Investments’ Shamindra Perera, Sackers’ Stuart O’Brien, and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn try to understand the differences between traditional asset management and delegated consultants, in the third of this fiduciary management series.
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Opinion
Does fiduciary management have a transparency problem?
Barnett Waddingham’s Simon Cohen, Buck Consultants’ Brian McCauley, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Carolyn Tavares, Russell Investments’ Shamindra Perera, Sackers’ Stuart O’Brien and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn cover transparency of fees and information, in the second part of this fiduciary management debate.
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Opinion
Is it possible to compare fiduciary managers on performance?
Barnett Waddingham’s Simon Cohen, Buck Consultants’ Brian McCauley, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Carolyn Tavares, Russell Investments’ Shamindra Perera, Sackers’ Stuart O’Brien and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn discuss performance, reporting models and metrics, in the first of a four-part panel debate on fiduciary management.
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Features
Nationwide builds inflation hedge, ups matching assets to derisk
Nationwide Pension Fund has reduced its exposure to return-seeking assets and carried out its first significant inflation hedge, as capital adequacy rules drive banking and building society sponsors to reduce funding volatility.
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News
How devolution could affect your scheme
Scheme professionals have predicted devolved tax and welfare powers to Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland could increase the cost of administering schemes which have members across the UK, though others doubt the impact.
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News
Schemes eye forward rates to time hedge moves
Larger schemes are showing greater interest in using forward rather than spot rates to assess whether to increase their interest and inflation hedges, in order to gain a more accurate picture of fair value.
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News
IASB proposal could hit sponsor-scheme funding strategies
A proposed change to pensions accounting guidance around surpluses could lead to trustees having to renegotiate their financing arrangements with employers and shifting towards non-cash vehicles.
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News
Tenth of employers weigh up medium-term DC drawdown offering
One in 10 UK employers have said they will offer members post-retirement drawdown facilities within their defined contribution scheme in three to five years, according to a poll, but advisers still doubt trustees’ desire to govern such provision.
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Features
Vodafone scheme completes CWW merger with £325m employer payment
Vodafone has contributed £325m to its defined benefit scheme as it completes the transfer of the Cable & Wireless Worldwide Retirement Plan, after purchasing the rival telecoms company in 2012.
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Features
Imperial Tobacco ups employer contributions after funding drop
Imperial Tobacco has increased contributions to its UK defined benefit scheme to boost its winding-up funding level, which has dropped by 12 percentage points, according to its latest valuation.