All Society of Pension Consultants articles
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Features
What trustees can learn from the British Airways wrangle
News Analysis: British Airways' pending court case against the trustees of its Airways Pension Scheme over pension increases raises important questions regarding how scheme trustees should interact with their sponsoring employer.
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OpinionStoring up a scandal? The risks of cashing in annuities
Talking Head: In her last Talking Head piece before becoming pensions minister, Ros Altmann welcomed the consultation launched by the coalition government into the creation of a secondary annuity market.
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Opinion
Mastertrust discontinuance plans – why we need certainty
The Pensions Regulator defines a mastertrust as:
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NewsAs the result shock fades, attention turns to next pensions minister
General election 2015: The Conservatives’ election triumph on Friday, alongside a near whitewash by the Scottish National party north of the border, has raised several questions about how the fallout will affect pensions.
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Opinion
Buchanan: Lay trustees play an often unenviable but critical role
Since I first became a pensions lawyer more than 23 years ago, the level of complexity of pensions has increased both in terms of legislation but also the case law set by judges – a recent IBM judgment exceeded 600 pages in length.
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News
DC benchmarks expected to switch attention to performance
Industry experts have predicted the governance focus for defined contribution default funds will swing from cost to performance as DC benchmarking capabilities come to the fore.
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NewsSPC president-elect Buchanan makes historic DC changes a priority
The Society of Pension Consultants has announced Duncan Buchanan as its president-elect, succeeding Pan Trustees director Roger Mattingly, who has been in the role since June 2012.
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Opinion
Editorial: Find someone who's turning
Back in 2012, Nigel Waterson, chair of Now Pensions, sat in the Pensions Week studio defending the mastertrust’s one-size-fits-all investment approach.
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News
SPC: Pot-follows-member a 'breeding ground' for fraud
The government’s pot-follows-member proposals threaten to “overstretch” the industry and expose members to greater risk of pension liberation fraud, if introduced at the peak of auto-enrolment in 2014, the Society of Pension Consultants has warned.
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News
Schemes grab chance to fireproof against inflation
Nearly half of pension fund trustees have incorporated longevity or swap contracts to tackle inflation risk, an upcoming survey will show, having benefited from favourable pricing last year to boost protection.
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Opinion
How real assets fit into your inflation battle
‘Uncharted territory’ is the common presage increasingly heard across the industry whenever inflation and pensions are uttered in the same breath.
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FeaturesBA opts for real assets to match liabilities
British Airways’ New Airways Pension Scheme is the latest large fund to commit itself to infrastructure investment to manage long-term inflation risk.