All articles by Tom Dines – Page 14
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News
How to get the best for your scheme in M&As
Any Other Business: Last week, oil giant Royal Dutch Shell announced plans to buy rival BG Group for £47bn and is widely predicted to be the first in a swath of deals across the sector.
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Smaller employers begin to see wider advantages of AE, challenges remain
More than half of small businesses have a positive view of auto-enrolment once they complete the staging process, research has shown, but experts say navigating its complexities will continue to burden many employers.
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Electrocomponents reboots recovery plan to quell DB deficit
An electronics company pension scheme has agreed a new recovery plan and increased member contributions as its deficit more than doubled in an 18-month period, in part due to longevity risks.
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Is your scheme an active owner?
Any other business: Carbon emissions, tax avoidance and executive remuneration are key political issues. But they also matter to many shareholders, who see them as touchstones to the long-term strength of the companies in which they invest.
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Schemes explore niche assets for uncorrelated income streams
Interest in shipping as an asset class is growing among UK pension schemes, say some investment experts, as schemes look to diversify into real assets and niche investments.
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NewsChannel 4 ceases accrual as DB closures mount
Channel 4 is offering defined benefit members enhanced pension contributions for five years after it closes the scheme to future accrual at the end of 2015, as funding levels deteriorate.
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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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Council funds report low take-up of 50-50 option
The option for local authority staff to halve their pension contributions while retaining other benefits has seen take-up below expectations, as the local government reforms bed in.
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Opinion
Three graphs showing why a pensions dashboard matters
A survey by provider B&CE has shown most pension savers support the introduction of a 'pensions dashboard' and comes a day after the Financial Conduct Authority announced it would work with the government on developing such a platform.
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Schemes risk regulatory intervention as AE non-compliance to rise
Compliance notices issued to auto-enrolling schemes will rise, the Pensions Regulator has said, as the watchdog detailed its new three-year strategy within a revised lower budget.
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More than half unlikely to take advice on pension access
Most retirees are unlikely to seek advice before withdrawing their pension, a survey has shown, as the industry wrestles with how to protect members in the new flexible pensions environment.
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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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PPF to bring investments in-house as it refines strategy
The Pension Protection Fund has added to the tally of schemes bringing elements of asset management and member services in-house, as it seeks cost savings and a greater control over assets.
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Opinion
Budget 2015: The industry responds
While not as earth-shaking as last year's historic gamechanger, yesterday's Budget included two important moves – the creation of a secondary annuity market and lowering the lifetime allowance to £1m from £1.25m.
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Features
What does the future hold for LDI?
Aviva Investors' Mark Versey, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, KPMG's Simeon Willis, AMNT committee member and Lend Lease Pension Scheme trustee, Alan Gander, Pan Trustees' Mike Roberts, Buck Consultants at Xerox's Celene Lee and State Street Global Advisors' Howard Kearns, take a look into the future of liability-driven investment strategy, in the final part of this debate.
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Opinion
How to reconcile multiple appointments on governance boards
Any other business: In three weeks, the requirement for pension providers to form independent governance committees to monitor the effective running of contract-based schemes will come into force.
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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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Collaboration key to DB liability challenge, experts say
NAPF Investment Conference 2015: Experts have called on the industry to focus on collaboration and technology to address the “£2tn problem” of defined benefit pension liabilities.
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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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Derisking market outpaces earlier estimates, topping £35bn
At £35bn, 2014's record derisking activity has exceeded initial estimates, a report has found, with experts also predicting a changing view of longevity will bring sustained market growth.