All articles by Ian Smith – Page 8
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Opinion
A guide to the PPF's time-saving provider panels
The Pension Protection Fund is beefing up. Its latest unveiling has revealed its revamped legal panel – the law firms that will advise the growing fund on insolvency and corporate matters.
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News
Defence schemes 'future-proof' MNT governance
The Selex and AgustaWestland pension schemes have reformed their member-nominated trustee election processes to safeguard decision-making continuity for their beneficiaries.
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FeaturesThe DC Debate – how will the government's focus on quality help managers?
This edition of our quarterly feature asks DC experts what they would like to see come out of the focus on quality standards, the effect of mastertrusts on the market and getting value through scale.
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OpinionBA scheme inserts murder exemption into rules
The New Airways Pension Scheme has made an amendment to its scheme rules to be able to deny benefit to a member’s spouse or dependant who is guilty of that member’s murder.
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Opinion
Editorial: Nothing new under the sun
Does an investment strategy need to be new to be newsworthy? Is an old investment strategy applied to a new asset class worth reporting?
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Features
Rexam funding peak triggers risk reduction
Rexam Pension Plan took advantage of a brief funding peak earlier this year to increase its inflation hedging and insure against equity losses, as more schemes implement trigger-based derisking strategies.
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Opinion
Editorial: Lessons from Norway
Last week saw a four-hour strike by firefighters in England and Wales owing to changes to their pension terms which will force them to work for longer.
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Features
L&Q segments DC scheme to hone outcomes
London and Quadrant Housing Trust has segmented its defined contribution scheme membership in an innovative review of whether its investment strategy and communication will create good member outcomes.
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Opinion
Editorial: Embracing apathy
This year’s eight annual Leadership of Pensions Summit left in its wake quite a few lessons, and some surprises too, about how pension schemes and policymakers are meeting today’s industry challenges.
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News
How competition affects derisking opportunities
News analysis: Reduced competition in the derisking market could limit value for schemes despite opportunities from rising gilt yields, Leadership summit delegates heard, while other market experts defended prices.
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Opinion
Editorial: Freedom from want
The reaction to last week’s TUC report on state pension reform understandably focused on the results which, the union held, supported its claim that £144 a week would leave the “vast majority of people” worse off.
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NewsTfL weighs up fee bump from strategy shift
TfL Pension Fund had its investment management expenses increase by almost a fifth in the year to March, partly due to a strategy shift that added eight investment managers.
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Opinion
Editorial: Speak softly and carry a big stick
We may have taken our annual print break over the past three weeks, but online at pensionsweek.com we’ve ensured our summer holiday readers had plenty to browse through.
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Features
South Yorkshire bucks trend with equity allocation
South Yorkshire Pension Authority has increased its allocation to equities over the past three years, concluding that stock selection within its equity portfolios helped it produce positive returns against the benchmark.
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News
Making good your scheme's common data shortfall
News analysis: The Pensions Regulator's annual record-keeping survey, released earlier this week, demonstrated a lack of awareness among smaller schemes of their data obligations, but also contained hints about how to repair administrative faults.
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Opinion
Editorial: The politics of scale
Another week, another few tweaks to the shape of the workplace pensions market.
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NewsRoyal British Legion to expand Pie after £1m saving
The Royal British Legion is working on a pension increase exchange offer for members coming up to retirement, after an exercise with the scheme’s pensioners last year knocked £1m off its deficit.
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News
Derbyshire reduces auto-enrolment comms burden
Derbyshire County Council has taken steps to reduce its auto-enrolment communication costs, from record-cleansing to communicating through employers, as local authority schemes look to manage the cost of the reform.
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Opinion
Editorial: The metaphysics of quality
Last week, the government issued a call for evidence on quality standards in defined contribution schemes.
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Features
Bedfordshire offers representation for academies
Bedfordshire Pension Fund has decided to offer academies “observer” status on its pension committee, with the schools representing a growing and increasingly scrutinised proportion of local authority scheme membership.