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NewsTPR predicts improvements in funding levels
Pension schemes with recent valuation dates are expected to achieve improved funding levels, the Pensions Regulator has predicted, while many schemes in deficit should be able to maintain or reduce deficit repair contributions.
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NewsTrustees warn single code will be significant resource drain
Uncertainty over the forthcoming changes in the Pensions Regulator’s new single code of practice is causing anxiety among trustees, as they expect it to have a huge impact on their time and resources.
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NewsTPR’s web-based scheme return questions cause industry mayhem
Actuaries, trustees and consultants are disappointed with a new method introduced by the Pensions Regulator for scheme returns, pointing out that a web-based form with additional questions implemented this year has increased the risk of providing wrong information.
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NewsGovernment set to regulate further on ESG
On the go: The government is preparing to regulate in order to achieve consistency on environmental, social and governance standards across the private sector, ministers have told the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for ESG.
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How to win a PIPA and influence judges
The March 11 deadline for submissions into this year’s Pension and Investment Provider Awards is fast approaching.
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NewsActivists demand LGPS divestment from factory farming
Several Local Government Pension Scheme funds have come under pressure from animal rights activists over their exposure to factory farming, facing demands for divestment.
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NewsCorporate services company acquires trustee firm PTL
On the go: Zedra, a corporate services and fund solutions company, is expanding its UK pensions offering with the acquisition of trustee firm and governance provider PTL.
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NewsOver-50s fear retirement poverty
On the go: Adults aged over 50 in the UK are worried about their financial future, with almost a third admitting to concerns that they will not have enough money to live off in later life, according to research by SunLife.
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FeaturesDC Debate: Will Covid rebuilding advance the ESG agenda?
DC Debate: how will Covid-19 impact ESG agenda?After more than a decade spent persuading peers that accounting for environmental, social and governance risks in investment would not cause a drag on returns, some supporters of the ESG investing agenda must have felt vindicated by their survival of 2020's tumbling oil ...
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Premier Foods sets up tasty scheme merger
Premier Foods, maker of Mr Kipling cakes, has reached a groundbreaking agreement to merge its RHM, Premier Foods and Premier Grocery Products pension schemes, a move that the company estimates could save it as much as £145m in contributions.
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NewsBA trustees disembark as destination comes into view
A British Airways defined benefit scheme is shrinking its trustee board size, due to decreased workload after a buy-in and successfully weathering the Covid-19 funding storm.
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One in five asset management mandates highly unsatisfactory
A worrying number of trustees are unhappy with the service provided to them by their asset managers, new figures have revealed.
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FeaturesThe clear cost of investment
Obscuring investment costs is becoming a risky game for the asset management industry, and Dr Chris Sier knows it.
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DWP consultation ramps up pressure on small schemes to consolidate
The Department for Work and Pensions is ramping up the pressure on small schemes to consolidate and to consider long term illiquid investments.
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Timpson first to take plunge on Nest sidecar trial
Shoe repair and key-cutting retailer Timpson is the first named participant in Nest’s two-year trial of sidecar accounts, with the master trust saying it expects to announce other companies joining soon.
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NewsMandatory tenders welcomed by pensions industry
UK pension schemes will be required to conduct competitive tender processes before hiring their first fiduciary manager, under recommendations set out by the Competition and Markets Authority on Wednesday.
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Could mastertrust consolidation result in stranded schemes?
Strict requirements for mastertrusts to contingency plan for their own demise as part of the sector’s new authorisation regime may have unintended consequences if wound-up schemes become stranded, experts have warned.
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FeaturesCommodity of the future: Does water have a place in pension portfolios?
In North America, an inconspicuous object the size of a tennis ball has yielded significant returns for investors in what might be considered the world's cheapest, and also the most critical, commodity.
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Choosing the right derisking path
Analysis: Consultants say bulk annuity pricing has never been so attractive, yet the majority of pension schemes see self-sufficiency as their likely destiny. Who is wrong?
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Opinion
Trustees must delve deeper to provide value for members
Millennials will be the first generation to benefit from auto-enrolment and may even have a £1m pot to enjoy in retirement, according to the Pensions Policy Institute.