Tony Hobman
OpinionA relativity problem in the funding universe
Talking Head: Employer covenant has finally achieved the prominence it deserves in the assessment and monitoring of defined benefit scheme risks – in regulatory terms at least, following the Pensions Regulator's funding code in 2014 and its follow-up guidance this August.
OpinionEU and workplace pensions: what now, where next?
Talking Head: In a nutshell, occupational pension funds – or IORPS (Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision) as they are known in EU legislation – are under close scrutiny on two fronts.
OpinionLooking through the lens of the regulatory telescope
Following last week's update to the Pensions Regulator's three-year corporate plan, here is a brief stock-take of what the world appears to look like through the lens of the regulatory telescope.
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Finding the right ratio of stick to carrot in pensions regulation
It is an oft-repeated but welcome mantra from the Pensions Regulator that its approach to regulation is based firmly around “educate, enable and enforce”.
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Why trustees will be spending more time on PPF certification, not less
It was no surprise the Pensions Regulator’s latest defined benefit code recognised the potential value to both schemes and sponsors of contingent assets where trustees agree "to accept more risk than can be supported by their available employer covenant”.