All articles by Pádraig Floyd
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NewsPoor default offerings could ‘undermine trust and widen generational gap’
Two professional trustees have written an open letter warning the industry of dangers lurking in default strategies that do not adequately reflect the views of their members.
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NewsPension Investment Review seeks scale – but not at any cost
The Pensions Investment Review will not undermine freedom of investment choice, nor will it threaten fiduciary duty, according to the person overseeing the project for the Treasury.
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NewsWhat Canada’s pension funds can teach UK DC ‘megafunds’
There is no such thing as a Canadian pension fund model, according to an international pension and investment expert at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s investment conference.
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NewsPLSA Investment Conference: Lessons from overseas for DC engagement
The UK pensions industry must learn important lessons from defined contribution (DC) models around the world, in order to improve outcomes for savers.
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NewsPensions minister: Big is beautiful - and better
Torsten Bell used his opening address to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s Investment Conference to reinforce the government’s drive to scale up pension funds.
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NewsTrustees join forces to help regulators improve ESG investment
A new industry body has been launched to give trustees a greater voice in the debate concerning sustainable investment and to help regulators build better, more meaningful regulations.
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NewsOpperman: Consolidation needs to be harder, better, faster, stronger
Former pensions minister Guy Opperman has called for workplace pensions consolidation to be accelerated and extended to include commercial providers and even regulators.
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NewsFind an alternative to DC – or else
We need an alternative to DC for a dignified retirement, former general secretary of the Communication Workers Union warns. Could CDC be the sustainable alternative to DC that society needs?
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NewsPLSA Conference: DB is ‘part of the future of pensions’
Defined benefit (DB) should be considered part of the future, not just the past of pensions, according to panellists at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s Annual Conference.
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NewsPLSA Conference: Delegates support national insurance changes
National insurance should be applied to employer pension contributions if the chancellor is looking to pensions to help plug the economic black hole, according to a poll of delegates at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s Annual Conference.
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NewsMandating UK investment would be ‘huge mistake’
Timing of investments into assets such as private equity can play a big role in determining eventual returns, conference panellists argue – so forcing investment will not work.
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NewsPLSA Conference: Reframing pensions as a ‘reward for saving’
Pensions should be reframed as a reward for saving rather than a benefit for the better off, according SEI managing director Steve Charlton.
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NewsPensions minister targets growth, better retirement outcomes
The government’s extensive policy reforms anticipated in the Pension Schemes Bill will deliver “the growth the country needs and the security in retirement that savers deserve”, according to pensions minister Emma Reynolds.
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NewsESG reporting for pension schemes ‘needs overhaul’ to improve effectiveness
The current reporting regime for environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters is unfit for purpose, according to HS Trustees’ Bobby Riddaway.
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NewsData a ‘fundamental problem’ for dashboards: Opperman
The quality of member data across the pensions industry remains a “fundamental problem” that needs to be addressed for pensions dashboards to succeed, according to former pensions minister Guy Opperman.
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NewsPPF confident of success as consolidator
Pension scheme leaders explored the hot topic of DB and DC consolidation at the PLSA’s Edinburgh gathering.
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NewsPensions minister confirms support for auto-enrolment expansion, CDC
Pensions minister Paul Maynard has called on the industry to continue to support the government’s reform efforts.
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NewsUnderstanding DC members’ needs ‘essential’
At the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s investment conference in Edinburgh, DC experts discuss how to meet the needs of members.
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NewsThe importance of good governance in alternatives
Leading pension CIOs discuss private credit, consultants, and re-assessing fixed income.
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NewsInside the Mansion House summit
The great and the good of the pensions industry gathered at Mansion House to discuss how the reforms might work in practice. PE takes a look behind the curtain.