All Opinion articles – Page 16
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OpinionWill inflation knock your scheme’s endgame strategy off track?
Leonard Bowman, head of corporate DB endgame strategy at Hymans Robertson, considers the implications of surging inflation on defined benefit schemes’ endgame strategies.
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OpinionThe annual funding statement: Creating certainty from uncertainty
Carl Hitchman, chief investment officer for UK investment consulting at Buck, explores key four topics from the Pensions Regulator’s latest annual funding statement.
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OpinionShould DC default funds take more risk?
Cushon strategic adviser Julius Pursaill considers the arguments as to whether defined contribution default funds should assume more risk.
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OpinionNew DB funding code should focus on transparency
Buck’s Sarah Brown and Andrew Horner argue there should be a transparent relationship between covenant, funding and investment strategy ahead of the Pensions Regulator’s second consultation on its new code of practice on defined benefit scheme funding.
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OpinionGetting ready for the pensions dashboards
Taylor Wessing’s pensions partner Anna Taylor details the latest developments with the pensions dashboards project and what trustees should be doing to get their schemes ready for it.
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OpinionTPR: The Green Cross Code man
Broadstone’s technical director David Brooks details how trustees must help scheme members to avoid bad transfer decisions as the regulator takes a ‘Green Cross Code’ approach.
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OpinionInflation fears could see schemes move to lock in equity gains
Many trustees will have witnessed some remarkable gains from their global equity allocations.
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OpinionA data with destiny
Jemma Jurgenson, head of administration at Quantum Advisory, asks whether the industry is ready for the arrival of pensions dashboards.
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OpinionBuilding portfolio resilience: Should schemes consider hedge funds?
Aon’s senior portfolio manager, Guy Saintfiet, discusses the risks and benefits for schemes of investing in hedge funds, and how these commitments could give pension funds the diversification needed given the current market conditions.
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OpinionRoadmap to tackle the gender pensions gap
Prospect’s Sue Ferns proposes solutions to tackle the gender pensions gap ahead of the Work and Pensions Committee’s hearing on this topic, as she warns that more needs to be done by the government to tackle the issue.
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OpinionSchemes need to pay attention to members’ sustainable demands
Scheme trustees may be conflicted between sustainability and fiduciary duty, but the public are not – they want sustainability to be front and centre, argues Carol McNaughton Nicholls, associate partner at BritainThinks.
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OpinionThe future of pensions
Tumelo’s chief executive Georgia Stewart explains how a lack of financial education has led to poor understanding of pensions, and how stewardship can boost member engagement and increase individual savings.
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OpinionFixing shared parental leave policy can curve gender pensions gap
Interactive Investor’s Becky O’Connor argues that one of the main causes for the pensions gender gap is the shortcomings in policy for shared parental leave, and that policymakers have a role to play to improve women’s savings.
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OpinionCoriolanus, war and the Universities Superannuation Scheme
Shoosmiths’ partner Paul Carney examines how Shakespeare’s Coriolanus can explain the current testing times in Europe and how it shines a light on the Universities Superannuation Scheme debacle.
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OpinionLGPS funds should not join the Israel boycott movement
Pension scheme trustees are currently discussing one of the easiest divestment decisions they will ever have to make.
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OpinionUnprecedented DB scheme funding levels: Is this as good as it gets?
Sponsors should start to consider derisking their defined benefit schemes, as the current favourable level of investment gains and funding levels will not last forever, writes State Street Global Advisors’ Jeremy Rideau.
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OpinionThe PIPAs – no speeches required!
Ian McQuade, chief executive of Muse Advisory and a judge for the scheme services categories at the 2022 Pension and Investment Provider Awards, provides his tips on getting the most out of your entry.
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OpinionUnlock pension power to unleash the economy of the future
BGF’s Stephen Welton makes the case for helping savers use their pensions to fix the UK’s challenges.
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OpinionGetting the under-30s ready for retirement
Penfold’s co-founder Chris Eastwood explains how young people can be enticed to start saving into a pension by using technology and offering a system that allows for stop-start savers.
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OpinionWe need to be able to talk about menopause
Dalriada’s professional trustee Louise Campbell discusses the impact menopause has had in her personal and professional life, and how support from co-workers and colleagues is key to navigating this ‘complex maze’.