Gill Wadsworth
- Features
Should there be an industry-wide methodology for measuring value?
When government boasts about being responsible for pushing almost 10m people into pension saving via auto-enrolment, you can be quite sure they want it to be a success.
OpinionIndustry must innovate to build on pension comms progress
Analysis: The government used this year’s Autumn Budget to commit £5m to getting the pensions dashboard off the ground.
- Opinion
Trustees must delve deeper to provide value for members
Millennials will be the first generation to benefit from auto-enrolment and may even have a £1m pot to enjoy in retirement, according to the Pensions Policy Institute.
- Opinion
Is professionalism the answer to the governance dilemma?
The quality of trusteeship and pension fund governance has improved considerably over the past decade, but many schemes remain poorly governed; this was the view of the Work and Pensions Committee earlier this year.
- Opinion
A balancing act: Will the Lisa meet its dual objectives?
The Specialist: Not one to let the dust settle on pension saving, even before the freedom and choice regime came into force, chancellor George Osborne used this year’s Budget to announce the Lifetime individual savings account.
OpinionSave or suffer: How to futureproof the UK’s retirement plans
The pensions industry has struggled to encourage members and employers to commit more money to defined contribution pension plans. While some have called for contribution levels to go up, others say it is the investments that need to work harder.
- Opinion
Global equities survey – part one
Equity investors who held their nerve after the horror show that played out in the global markets post 2008 have been well rewarded.
- Opinion
Global equities survey – part two
All good things must come to an end and there is growing concern among global fund managers that the recent run of good fortune from equity markets is starting to wane.
- News
Surrey sets up trigger-based framework for £90m gilt repo move
The £2.9bn Surrey County Council Pension Fund has set a framework to buy leveraged gilts upon hitting inflation and interest rate triggers, as part of a wider move into liability-driven investment.
- Opinion
How to bridge the retirement gender gap
News analysis: As long-term saving among women hits an all-time low, providers and advisers have urged schemes and the wider industry to cooperate in encouraging adequate retirement saving.
- Opinion
How SMEs can deal with a capacity squeeze
Turning up late to the party may be fashionable but it could also mean missing out on the champagne and having to make do with a warm chardonnay.