All Features articles – Page 26
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FeaturesDB closures 'storing up issues' for DC
News Analysis: The closure of defined benefit pension schemes may alleviate a significant financial burden, but experts have urged employers to think carefully about the long-term impact of the replacement arrangements chosen for affected employees.
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FeaturesManaging relationships with your auditor
Any other business: Having your scheme audited might feel like getting teeth pulled but like the dentists of this world, auditors are a necessary evil.
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FeaturesCovenant lessons from the Greek crisis
Any Other Business: Alexis Tsipras was forced to yield to an aggressive economic supervision programme by eurozone leaders on Monday and agreed to hand over €50bn (£36bn) of Greek assets for privatisation, bank recapitalisation and debt repayment.
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Are you managing members' income expectations?
Any Other Business: Pensions got gritty last week. Greek pensioners took to the streets of Athens in protest against the nation's broken pension promises as Tsipras proposed further cuts to retirement income in a last-gasp ultimatum.
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How to drive scheme productivity
Any Other Business: Chancellor George Osborne painted an unimpressive picture of the nation’s productivity in the annual Mansion House address.
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FeaturesThe Specialist: DC investment
The latest issue of The Specialist takes a timely look at the defined contribution investment landscape, including default fund changes, the charge cap, at-retirement options and fixed income.
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Should pro trustees on scheme boards be mandatory?
Any Other Business: The Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provisions II directive is set to be implemented across UK occupational schemes by the end of 2016, but what might the final version bring for trustee boards?
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Keeping track of value in DC
VFM and GMO are the key drivers for defined contribution pensions in 2015. But what do these handy acronyms actually mean and how are they being measured?
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FeaturesCutting scheme costs in lean times
Any other business: Whitehall braced itself for a further 100,000 job losses over the next five years, as the new government announced cost-cutting measures across the civil service this week.
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How LDI trigger frameworks could add value for schemes
Analysis: Despite persistent low interest rates and a lukewarm appetite for hedging in the past, liability-driven investment is on the rise again among UK investors.
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Are you an informed investor?
Any other business: Following a romp to all-time highs the FTSE 100 stuttered last week, with slips by multinationals and financials. More than ever, trustees must be engaged investors to ensure scheme decisions deliver good outcomes.
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How would your scheme fare against longer-term deflation?
Analysis: Whether a short-term blip or a longer-term trend, the latest fall in the consumer price index will make schemes sit up and ask themselves whether they could withstand the impact of a move into deflation.
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Are your data handling processes compliant?
Any other business: Hillary Clinton found herself in hot water recently over use of a private email account during her tenure as US secretary of state. The breach of White House data protocols ignited criticism.
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What does the future hold for LDI?
Aviva Investors' Mark Versey, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, KPMG's Simeon Willis, AMNT committee member and Lend Lease Pension Scheme trustee, Alan Gander, Pan Trustees' Mike Roberts, Buck Consultants at Xerox's Celene Lee and State Street Global Advisors' Howard Kearns, take a look into the future of liability-driven investment strategy, in the final part of this debate.
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Is your board being torn by divergent interests?
Any other business: The Financial Conduct Authority’s recent call for evidence on transaction fee disclosure is further evidence of a tightening up on charges, but in-scheme adviser conflicts also pose a threat to cost-efficiency.
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Will LDI ever take off for defined contribution?
Aviva Investors' Mark Versey, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, KPMG's Simeon Willis, AMNT committee member and Lend Lease Pension Scheme trustee, Alan Gander, Pan Trustees' Mike Roberts, Buck Consultants at Xerox's Celene Lee and State Street Global Advisors' Howard Kearns focus on how LDI could work for DC schemes, in the third of a four-part roundtable.
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How can small schemes get smart with LDI?
Aviva Investors' Mark Versey, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, KPMG's Simeon Willis, AMNT committee member and Lend Lease Pension Scheme trustee, Alan Gander, Pan Trustees' Mike Roberts, Buck Consultants at Xerox's Celene Lee and State Street Global Advisors' Howard Kearns, discuss how LDI can benefit small schemes given the correct advice, in the second part of this roundtable.
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How will LDI portfolios withstand current inflation falls and low yields?
Aviva Investors' Mark Versey, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, KPMG's Simeon Willis, AMNT committee member and Lend Lease Pension Scheme trustee, Alan Gander, Pan Trustees' Mike Roberts, Buck Consultants at Xerox's Celene Lee and State Street Global Advisors' Howard Kearns, debate whether now is a good time to embark on a liability-driven investment strategy, in the first of a four-part discussion.
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'State your complaint'. Dealing with unhappy scheme members
It is a legal requirement for managers or trustees to have a complaints procedure in place for anyone with an interest in their occupational pension scheme.
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Does your pension scheme work for younger savers?
Young people's participation in pension schemes is on the up, thanks largely to auto-enrolment, challenging their managers to plug into the needs of their changing membership profiles.