All Defined contribution articles
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NewsDutch ‘early bird’ schemes delay pension transition plans
Pension funds that had planned to transition to the new DC system in 2024 are delaying their plans due to lack of capacity with their administrators
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UK roundup: WTW’s Lifesight selected as master trust provider for KBR
Plus: Merseyside scheme picks Redington as strategic investment adviser
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Dutch pension law heads to Senate after parliamentary approval
The Netherlands’s Second Chamber approved the law just before Christmas with a comfortable majority
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UK roundup: Church Commissioners commit £100m to impact investment
Plus: Gates schemes complete £132m buy-in deal with PIC
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Special Report
Special Report - DC Pensions
Workplace pensions can differentiate themselves by their stewardship and engagement programmes. But effective stewardship is generally the preserve of larger defined benefit players and big investment managers. Now, technology means investors in smaller pooled funds can express their proxy voting preferences, shifting the power away from the managers and towards asset owners.
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Special Report
DC Pensions: UK funds grapple with cost of living crisis
Auto-enrolment in the UK has been a success, but the many strains on household incomes represent its biggest test yet
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Special Report
DC Pensions: Funds take greater role in corporate stewardship
Voting power is still largely with fund managers, but DC schemes are taking steps to make their voice heard
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Special Report
DC Pensions: Dutch pension funds grapple with member choice decisions
Member choice will be central after Dutch pension reform, at least in theory
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Country Report
Central & Eastern Europe: Will Bulgaria seize the PEPP opportunity?
Bulgaria’s DC pension system should face up to the PEPP
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Special Report
DC Pensions: Australians exercise pension choice
While the default MySuper dominates the superannuation industry, Australia’s defined contribution system offers a complex and wide range of options for retirement
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News
Dutch pension benefits up to 40% higher in new system
Especially younger people benefit from the switch to DC because there will no longer be a need for buffers, according to calculations by pension regulator DNB
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EIOPA’s first IORPs climate stress test shows material exposure to transition risks
The exercise focused on the asset portfolio of IORPs
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Gilts crisis won’t undermine attractions of private markets for long-term investors
Many of the government’s ambitions to reboot growth in the UK economy require solutions which private assets are well equipped and prepared to provide in a timely manner
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Church Commissioners to vote against companies failing on humans rights
Plus: BlackRock’s LifePath UK adopts formal ESG policy
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Opinion Pieces
Time to rethink defined contribution pensions design
This year is shaping up to be the worst for investment returns since before the great financial crisis, according to IPE’s latest performance analysis of the leading European pension funds.
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Features
Guest viewpoint: The UK pensions sector should be more aggressive on consolidation
UK pension assets across both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) funds are too fragmented, and our schemes, even the biggest, are sub-scale. Consolidation is not the answer to everything, but it is a big part of the solution.
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Interview: Asset allocation for social partner pensions
Martin Eisele, senior vice president pension asset and liability management at Uniper, and Christian Pauly, general manager at Metzler Pension Management, discuss in detail the investment approach for the first pure defined contribution plan authorised in Germany
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Sweden to kick premium pension tenders off in spring, key asset classes first
Swedish Fund Selection Agency details elements of procurement plan, plus fee model, selection criteria
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Social partners move forward to implement pure DC plans
A social partner advisory board – Sozialpartnerbeirat – was constituted last week
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UK roundup: Standard Life completes £15bn DC transition into sustainable solutions
Plus: Legal & General Mastertrust issues first TCFD report; Aon wins fiduciary advice contract for Russell & Bromley scheme
