All Diversity articles
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NewsTPR chair praises industry diversity progress
The pensions industry is doing “a million times better” on diversity, according to the chair of the Pensions Regulator (TPR).
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FeaturesAddressing diversity in pension trusteeship
After TPR highlighted a lack of diversity on trustee boards, how is the sector evolving to reflect a changing member population?
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People NewsHow the pensions industry is embracing Ramadan
As Muslims throughout the world observe the holy month of Ramadan, financial services organisations are taking steps to support and educate employees.
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NewsHow can trustees work towards more diverse boards?
In the FCA and PRA’s diversity consultation papers, socio-economic status is outlined as voluntary. However, with the complex make up of trustee boards and the knotty structure of independent trustees, building progress on socio-economic status needs to start now.
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OpinionEquality and pensions: Why they matter
Pensions serve as a useful lens by which to assess the result of a culmination of life’s inequalities.
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NewsPensions: How trustees can take pride in a diverse industry
As The Pensions Regulator’s home city gears up for UK’s biggest LGBTQ festival, its director of regulatory policy, analysis and advice, explains how trustees can take immediate action to help ensure workplace pensions work for all savers.
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NewsTPR publishes EDI guidance for scheme trustees and sponsors
The Pensions Regulator has published equality, diversity and inclusion guidance for pension scheme governing bodies and employers.
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NewsAsset managers must up their game on engagement and diversity
Despite improvements in stewardship and governance in the asset management industry, research from ShareAction has shown there are considerable gaps in performance.
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FeaturesHow will DB schemes navigate 2023?
How will DB schemes navigate 2023?Market turbulence, surging funding levels and new regulations look set to dominate defined benefit schemes again this yearEnterkeywords.sh_embed {position: relative;height: auto;width:100%;z-index: 0;overflow: hidden;background-color: #222;color: white;font-family: 'Lato', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;}.sh_embed * {-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}.sh_embed .sh-embed-bg {position: absolute;width: 110%;height: 110%;top: -5%;left: -5%;z-index: -1;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.8);}.sh_embed ...
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OpinionInclusivity – the forgotten ‘I’ in ED&I for trustees
Equality, diversity and inclusion – another three-letter acronym with growing impetus, and rightly so.
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OpinionStaying O:pen to diversity and inclusion
Whatever your role in pensions, given the couple of months that we have just collectively experienced in the UK you might be forgiven for not having diversity and inclusion at the top of your agenda.
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NewsNest plans boardroom overhaul in diversity drive
Nest is recruiting for three new non-executive directors as it attempts to improve the diversity of its board, the master trust’s chair has told Pensions Expert.
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NewsTPR: Trustees show ‘increasing willingness’ to embrace D&I
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has found “increasing willingness” from scheme trustees to embrace diversity and inclusion, despite recognising “change is not easy and may take time”.
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NewsPPF introduces new ESG voting guidelines
On the go: The £39.4bn Pension Protection Fund has brought in new environmental, social and governance voting guidelines for its listed equity holdings, across both segregated and pooled mandates.
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NewsTPR’s Counsell: DB schemes are not at risk of collapse
Defined benefit pension schemes were not on the verge of collapse before the Bank of England’s gilt market intervention, the Pensions Regulator’s chief executive Charles Counsell has said.
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NewsMore than a third of schemes ignore own trustee diversity data
More than one-third of the pension schemes that collect trustee diversity data have no intention of using it, the Pensions Regulator has found, as it publishes an action plan to boost boards’ diversity and inclusion.
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NewsTPR approached a ‘number of times’ by capital-backed consolidators
The Pensions Regulator has been approached a “number of times” by companies working on capital-backed consolidation models, according to Charles Counsell, who has called for superfund legislation.
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NewsMajority of low earners cannot afford auto-enrolment contributions
Nearly seven in 10 (69 per cent) of low earners are unable to afford pension contributions due to the cost of living crisis, according to new research from Legal & General Investment Management.
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NewsAPPT pushes for diversity and inclusion in trustee boards
On the go: The Association of Professional Pension Trustees has launched a “hints and tips” briefing focused on diversity and inclusion, in a bid to influence how trustees go about shaping their boards.
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NewsPodcast: Trustees struggling to guide members on inflation benefits
Podcast: A report from XPS Pensions suggests that members could reap £10,000 additional benefits by delaying retirement because of the way increases and inflation are calculated, but trustees are struggling to help them because of the “red tape” around advice. LCP partner Laura Amin is joined by Hymans Robertson partner Patrick Bloomfield to discuss benefits’ inflation calculation and advice, concerns about defined benefit funding, and the women’s state pension age investigation.