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NewsBrunel leads engagement with Shell over natural gas plans
Brunel Pension Partnership, Greater Manchester Pension Fund and Merseyside Pension Fund are among LGPS organisations collaborating in a bid to put pressure on oil giant Shell over its plans to expand liquified natural gas output.
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NewsPension funds lobby against ‘unfair’ share structures
Some of the UK’s biggest pension schemes are stepping up their action against companies with dual class share structures, arguing that these are “diluting shareholders’ ability to influence portfolio companies”.
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NewsWhy consumer confidence could undermine pots for life
Research by Barnett Waddingham has shown consumers to be keen on the government’s pots for life concept – but a lack of confidence in decision-making could hamper its success.
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NewsGet better at engaging – or else, warns UK’s largest pension provider
If providers keep failing to help customers engage with retirement, they will fall foul of consumer duty, warns Andy Briggs
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NewsEngagement is not a panacea, warns PPI
Savers are required to make complex decisions at and during retirement and some will struggle, whether we engage with them or not
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NewsPensions awareness campaign back for its 10th year
Pensions Geeks has announced that its 2023 pensions awareness campaign will take place from 11th to 15th September 2023.
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OpinionAdapting solutions to member needs in today’s world
The pensions landscape has changed rapidly over the past decade. Populations, wealth and technological advancements have all ballooned, with a huge impact on the pensions industry.
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OpinionMember engagement is good, but inertia is better
Happy 10th birthday to you, auto-enrolment! Congratulations! Where has the time gone? We are all agreed that you have been a huge success – a game-changer. More people are saving more for their retirements and that has got to be a good thing.
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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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NewsPensions industry should look ‘beyond narrow compliance’
The Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority want the industry to look "beyond narrow compliance" and consider consumer outcomes.
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NewsBorder to Coast appoints Robeco for voting support
On the go: The £38.3bn Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, which handles the assets of 11 Local Government Pension Scheme funds worth a collective £60bn, has reappointed Robeco to provide it with voting and engagement support services.
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NewsOne third of self-employed trial Nest members have ‘zero pots’
On the go: Around a third of self-employed Nest members in a Nest Insight savings trial have never made a contribution to their pension pot.
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FeaturesWhy do savers continue to misunderstand their pensions?
Analysis: The pensions industry spends extensively on member communications, but 48 per cent of employees do not know how much their employer is paying into their pension, according to a survey by The People’s Pension.
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NewsNest and Sainsbury’s members shrug off LDI crisis
October’s market turmoil and the slump in UK government bonds did not trigger a spike in Nest members checking their defined contribution pots, the research arm of the government master trust has said.
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NewsAon warns of 'unintended consequences' from pension campaign
On the go: Aon has warned the Pensions Awareness Week campaign could have “unintended consequences” due to the current cost of living crisis.
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NewsSwitching providers too difficult for employers, DWP finds
Companies rarely switch pension providers as the process is too onerous, the Department for Work and Pensions has discovered.
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NewsQuarter of workers unaware of workplace pension contributions
On the go: More than a quarter (26 per cent) of UK workers do not know how much they contribute to their workplace pension each month, according to new research commissioned by Standard Life.
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News‘Let’s rethink all’ member options before dashboards introduction
Legislative and policy assumptions about member behaviour as they approach retirement are completely out of sync with reality, and now is the time to “rethink all of it” before dashboards are introduced, according to Philip Brown, group director of policy and external affairs at B&CE, provider of The People’s Pension.
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NewsSmall pots problem is ‘only going to get worse’
The number of small pension pots — and the costs of administering them — will continue to increase, despite efforts from the government and industry, a Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association panel has warned.