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PASA looks to future of e-administration with scheme survey
The Pensions Administration Standards Association is calling on the pensions industry to open up about the quality of their administration and members' use of technology in a new survey.
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Communicating pensions to the next generation
There is a pensions crisis looming. How can the industry make people care about a problem that is 20 years away?
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PPF confirms new compensation cap
On the go: The Pension Protection Fund has confirmed new compensation cap limits.
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Gender pay gap narrows at PPF to 17.2%
On the go: Women’s pay has been edging up at the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) but the median gender pay gap is still 17.2 per cent, a drop of three percentage points from last year (20.4 per cent in 2017).
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Nest searches for a global corporate bond fund manager
On the go: Master trust Nest inviting tenders from fund managers to run an actively managed global investment grade corporate bond fund.
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Last-minute dash expected for master trust authorisation
On the go: Only eight master trusts have applied for authorisation with the Pensions Regulator, leading to expectations that there will be a last minute dash as the March 31 deadline looms.
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Court fines Mansoor Nasir £5,000 for workplace pension lies
One the go: Bradford-based accounts manager Mansoor Nasir, who tried to hide the fact that restaurants had not given their staff workplace pensions, has been fined £5,000.
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DWP consultation ramps up pressure on small schemes to consolidate
The Department for Work and Pensions is ramping up the pressure on small schemes to consolidate and to consider long term illiquid investments.
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JP Morgan takes minority equity stake in Smart Pension
On the go: JP Morgan, the American multinational investment bank and financial services company, has taken a minority equity stake in UK mastertrust Smart Pension.
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PASA looks to future of e-admin with scheme survey
The Pensions Administration Standards Association is calling on pensions managers and scheme trustees to open up about the quality of their administration in a new survey.
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Insurers brace themselves for DB superfund disruption
Insurers are bracing themselves for disruption by superfunds, but their desire and capability to establish their own defined benefit consolidation vehicles remains unclear.
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PIPA deadline extended to February 8
Asset managers, consultancies and pension schemes will have a further week to enter the 2019 Pension and Investment Provider Awards and stake their claim as the best in their respective industries.
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TPR confirms Now Pensions admin crisis largely over
On the go: The Pensions Regulator has confirmed today that Now Pensions has overhauled its administration system.
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UK pension deficit falls by £80bn to £210bn
On the go: January saw a significant in improvement in the funding level of the UK’s 5,450 defined benefit pension schemes.
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Public sector pension bill to rise to £4bn a year after court ruling
On the go: The taxpayer could face extra public sector pension costs of £4bn a year following a court ruling last year that the government discriminated against younger judges and firefighters in both the Firefighters and Judicial Pension Schemes.
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Regulator reveals 45 per cent rise in dormant pots over 2018
The Pensions Regulator has uncovered a massive rise in the number of dormant defined contribution pots resulting from the introduction of auto-enrolment.
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UK retirees in the EU could see their state pension frozen, warns Altmann
On the go: Hundreds of thousands of UK citizens who have retired to the EU could lose out on state pension increases if there is a no deal Brexit, former pensions minister Ros Altmann has warned.
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PLSA: Shareholders’ resolutions against FTSE directors’ pay triple
On the go: Shareholder activism is on the rise. Across Britain’s major companies in the FTSE 350, 148 annual meeting resolutions attracted ‘significant’ dissent levels across 82 different companies in 2018, recent research has shown. Executive pay and directors’ election were the top areas of concern.
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UK’s EU pensions liabilities could reach €9.75bn
On the go: The UK’s share of the EU’s pension is liabilities could be as much as €9.75bn (£8.52bn), Lord Bates told Parliament on Monday.
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NewsFCA investment pathway proposals welcomed, but concerns remain
The Financial Conduct Authority’s recent proposals on investment pathways have been widely welcomed, but questions remain over the suitability of ready-made drawdown solutions.