All Zedra articles – Page 7
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FeaturesWhen is the right time for schemes to derisk?
Rothesay Life's Myles Pink, Spence and Partners' Marian Elliott, Capita's Julie Stothard, the AMNT's Robin Bell and PTL's Kim Nash discuss getting the timing right for derisking – and how to go about it.
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Features
L&Q segments DC scheme to hone outcomes
London and Quadrant Housing Trust has segmented its defined contribution scheme membership in an innovative review of whether its investment strategy and communication will create good member outcomes.
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Opinion
Keeping members informed and happy
The governance objective for anyone running a defined contribution scheme should be to provide robust and proactive defaults, and an environment where members can make informed decisions.
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News
Fidelity appoints PTL for mastertrust governance
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has appointed PTL as the professional trustee of its mastertrust in a move that will see the governance of the scheme run independently, as employers look to manage potential conflicts of interest in the structure.
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NewsWhat Heineken's SIP tells members on investments
The statement of investment principles laid out by Heineken for its contract-based defined contribution scheme includes its governance committee’s investment beliefs, their working practices and the funds on offer to members.
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News
Consultancy charging ban set to hit SMEs
The government’s decision to ban consultancy charges in all auto-enrolment schemes has been broadly welcomed, but the change is predicted to have a big impact on smaller employers.
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Features
Tips for managing cost of small scheme derisking
Small schemes looking to derisk should ensure a high standard of data cleansing and carry out a mortality analysis to manage the costs involved, finds Pippa Stephens.
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Features
Singapore Airlines case shows importance of clear rules
The ongoing Singapore Airlines case highlights the importance of the diligent drafting of scheme rules. Pippa Stephens looks at the ways schemes can avoid mistakes when writing and maintaining deeds.
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Features
How Selex secured an £18.6m swaps boost
The Selex Galileo Pension Scheme has seen an increase in the value of its swaps contracts from £6.2m to £24.8m in the year to April as a result of interest rate movements.
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Features
Countdown to improve admin with end of contracting out
With the abolition of contracting out on DC schemes just two months away, Anna Lyudvig looks at how schemes can use the reform to improve their administration.
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Features
Hackney fines employers to improve admin
The multi-employer scheme has been charging sponsors to encourage more accurate and timely data collection, improving scheme performance and cutting cost.
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Features
Large schemes tighten governance with trustee payments
George Coats discovers a growing trend among large schemes to remunerate non-professional trustees, as they seek to improve governance standards following an increase in complexity of the role.
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FeaturesVauxhall and Fujitsu secure schemes against fraud
Pippa Stephens and Elli Koukoulli-Rowe analyse what schemes can do to manage their fraud risk, and how those including Vauxhall Motors and Fujitsu have responded to the Bribery Act.
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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.
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Features
Improve scrutiny of FX investments, schemes urged
With professional trustees predicting increased exposure to currency, schemes have been called to pursue transparency and audit data in their trades to protect their investments.
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Features
Retail insolvencies highlight need for covenant reviews
Managers of pension schemes in the retail sector have been urged to review their employer covenant in response to a host of high street insolvencies.