All Data articles – Page 14
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OpinionWhy ESG is not a flash in the pan
I often get asked: “Is environmental, social and governance investing just the next investment fad?”
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NewsCNPP micro section well poised for scheme buyout
The GPS EnergySolutions section of the Combined Nuclear Pension Plan is set to wind up, following months of buyout preparation with the trustees and employer.
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OpinionSecurity and accuracy: the pillars of dashboard success
From the blog: The government has called on the industry to develop a pensions dashboard before the end of 2019.
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OpinionGarbage in, garbage out
Trustees are usually pretty reasonable in their requests to administrators: They want the right benefits paid to the right person at the right time. That is not too much to ask, is it?
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NewsSchemes must play part in war on scams
Pension schemes and providers have been urged to increase member awareness of scam tactics and tighten data security, amid the revelation that average losses from fraudulent and inappropriate inducements eclipsed the size of the average pension pot in the UK.
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Features
Bulk annuities: How should schemes approach the market?
Analysis: 2018 has been a very busy year so far for buy-ins and buyouts, with plenty of competition and attractive insurer pricing.
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OpinionWhat the regulator’s corporate plan means for pensions administration
At the start of May the Pensions Regulator published its corporate plan for 2018-2021, outlining some of the key areas of focus that would drive its aim of becoming “clearer, quicker and tougher”.
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OpinionA checklist for top bulk annuity pricing
From the blog: The derisking market has seen consistently high levels of demand in recent years, with almost £50bn of defined benefit pension liabilities insured over the past four years.
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OpinionPASA outlines five pillars of DC administration governance
While I hope we’re long past the stage where anyone sees DC administration as ‘simple’ accounting, there is not, to my knowledge, any single source setting out the components and associated governance.
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OpinionMaking data count – how to use the IDWG cost code
From the blog: Following nine months of detailed work by the members of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Institutional Disclosure Working Group, new cost data templates will, for the first time, provide an industry-agreed, consistent approach to collecting this important information.
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OpinionSelf-driving pensions are worth our consideration
My 17-year-old daughter is writing an essay on whether human rights should be extended to robots – not as ridiculous a question as it may first appear.
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Opinion
GDPR - A brave new world for the pensions industry
It is easy to imagine bunkers in remote corners of England, hatches locked, filled with trustees who are desperate not to hear any more about the General Data Protection Regulation.
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OpinionData are key to deliver on LGPS pooling
From the blog: With the April deadline for the individual local authority schemes in England and Wales to begin the process of pooling just gone, the new entities have their work cut out to establish a common framework and consolidate the assets of the constituent schemes.
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OpinionThink long-term when refreshing your scheme’s admin strategy
The word ‘strategy’ is most commonly associated with investment or derisking; rarely is any consideration given to a scheme’s administration strategy.
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OpinionTo improve admin we need solutions, not resolutions
When high-profile cases expose bad practice, we wonder how on earth it has been allowed to happen and, rightly, we resolve to improve it.
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NewsSelect committee: Members let down by response to British Steel
The Pensions Regulator, Financial Conduct Authority and the UK government have all let down former members of the British Steel Pension Scheme, according to a scathing report into the scheme’s restructuring and ensuing transfers scandal.
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OpinionFire, fury and GDPR
From the blog: Hell hath no fury like a lawyer or auditor scorned. The General Data Protection Regulation has unfortunately put the pensions industry in that dangerous position where we have to run a gauntlet, deciding how seriously to take the dire warnings of these two professional communities.
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FeaturesLincolnshire council fund encounters data difficulties
The £2.2bn Lincolnshire County Council Pension Fund has had ‘amber’ reviews over administration and training.
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OpinionSchemes need not fear dashboard compulsion
The dashboard has received a recent boost, with responsibility for the project transferring to the Department for Work and Pensions and the pensions minister stating his enthusiastic commitment.