All member engagement articles – Page 21
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Opinion
How can tax relief be used to encourage saving?
Analysis: Encouraging savers to make sufficient provision for their retirement is an important challenge for both the government and the pensions industry.
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NewsCambridge uni scheme scrutinises opt-outs in prep for re-enrolment
Cambridge University Assistants’ Contributory Pension Scheme is examining the causes of opt-outs as it prepares to re-enrol members into its hybrid scheme next year.
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OpinionHow to win hearts and minds for auto-enrolment success
From the blog: Financial services is the least trusted industry of all. Those responsible for running pensions should think about what this means – and what it explains.
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OpinionHow to talk pensions at a BBQ
From the blog: There are not many people who want to talk pensions at a barbecue.
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Opinion
Altmann: DB funding chasm requires investment innovation
In my maiden speech to the House of Lords as the new pensions minister, I made clear my view that pensions are about more than just money – ultimately, they are about people and their futures.
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News
New peak for pension saving, focus turns to adequacy
Scheme membership has reached fresh highs among the UK population but industry experts are calling for greater government intervention to boost contributions and to stop individuals falling through the cracks.
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News
Environment Agency: Online registrants up, phone enquiries down
Environment Agency Pension Fund has seen a jump in online activity since upgrading its website as part of a wider overhaul of its communications strategy aimed at increasing transparency.
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News
DC admin to form heart of engagement efforts, experts say
Leadership of DC summit: Personalised communication and raising engagement levels over time will be a critical part of successful scheme administration in the new defined contribution environment, industry experts have said.
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Features
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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Opinion
How do you run a trustee election?
Following a largely unexpected result last week, the United Kingdom has a team in place to try and steer the country towards greater prosperity, opportunity and fairness (we hope).
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NewsManx Telecom calls time on DB, offers suite of DC options
Communication company Manx Telecom eased the closure of its defined benefit scheme last year by providing members with a range of alternative defined contribution options, alongside a new sharesave scheme.
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News
Cashed-out pots could hit future means-tested benefit claims, lawyers warn
Lawyers have called on providers to ensure members are fully aware of how accessing their pension pots could affect future benefit claims, as schemes grapple with their ‘second line of defence’ obligations.
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News
Just months left to tackle contracting-out costs, consultants say
Consultants have urged defined benefit scheme trustees and sponsors to take action as the one-year countdown to the end of contracting-out approaches.
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Opinion
How your scheme can make the most of big data
Any other business: Last week's piece explored how schemes can tighten their data compliance processes. But how can trustees take data one step further to improve how the scheme is run?
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NewsSSE doubles DC contributions in bid to close adequacy gap
Energy company SSE doubled contribution rates in its auto-enrolment default after carrying out a survey of members, as wider concerns mount over continuing low contribution levels.
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News
Make it personal: Qantas's key to engagement success
NAPF Investment Conference 2015: Personalising communication is critical to achieving meaningful member engagement, said the chief of Australian super Qantas, after it gained a one in four response from an innovative campaign.
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News
FCA chief: everybody has a role to play in achieving good outcomes
NAPF Investment Conference 2015: The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority has warned about the importance of delivering the pensions reforms to overcome “one of the defining challenges of our age”.
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Opinion
Where employers can help fill the guidance gap
The Budget announced exciting and attractive individual choice at retirement, but greater flexibility demands better information and understanding to help make the most appropriate decisions.
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Opinion
Five steps for building a reform engagement strategy
As someone who works in the pensions industry I have been aware of every headline heralding the April 2015 reforms. But before we consider an appropriate strategy, let’s consider the average member.
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News
Pension tools not up to scratch for post-April flexibilities, say experts
Communication experts have called for schemes to avoid jargon and break down complexity in online illustration tools, as research reveals wide variation across offerings and patchy understanding of reforms.