All articles by Maria Terekhova – Page 2
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NewsWhat will British Steel's rule changes mean for pensions?
Experts agree the changes being proposed to the British Steel Pension Scheme will impact salary-related pensions more broadly, but differ on whether the long-term effects will necessarily be negative.
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DB schemes' negative cash flow matters, but is not a crisis
A survey by Hymans Robertson has found that 50 per cent of FTSE 350 defined benefit schemes are or soon will be cash flow negative, and that chief financial officers are more worried about forced disinvestment than trustees.
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Opinion
Change in law is needed to stop scammers, experts say
Scam activity could be present in as much as 11 per cent of pension transfer requests, consultancy Xafinity has found. Trustees and lawyers say legal constraints prevent them from protecting individuals.
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Illiquidity premiums move up agenda, but questions over cash flow remain
The new market liquidity regime will make it harder for pension schemes to access credit, says a new report, which recommends they take steps – in particular, to exploit illiquidity premiums – to protect themselves.
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Companies slow to update life cover as LTA bites
A recent report found only a quarter of the surveyed companies have excepted life assurance policies in place, despite potential disruption by the new lifetime and annual allowance limits.
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Select committee flags Lisa as AE opt-out concern
A recent report from the Work and Pensions Committee has raised concern that the Lifetime Isa could lure people out of pensions, but the industry is divided over whether Lisas are a threat or potential boon for auto-enrolment.
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Cash flow is important but not pressing, experts say
For the first time, the Pensions Regulator explicitly included cash flow considerations in its annual funding statement, published last week. Industry insiders welcomed the move, but said the statement has raised other equally important concerns.
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Opinion
Pension trustee boards and gender diversity: Is the glass ceiling shatterproof?
Analysis: New studies of UK corporate boards show that in the business sector, women still hold very few senior management positions. Has female representation remained comparably low at pension trustee boards in 2016?
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NewsIn-house management and infrastructure dominate LGPS pooling debate
As the pooling of the Local Government Pension Scheme progresses, some funds have warned of the risks of in-house management and questioned whether infrastructure investment is necessarily a good bet.
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Features
GMP top priority this year but trustees could be missing the bigger picture
Respondents to consultancy Capita’s 'Pension scheme insight report' cited guaranteed minimum pension reconciliation, member communications and derisking as their main concerns for 2016, but experts say there are more acute challenges that schemes fail to address.
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