Pensions in United Kingdom Report – Page 5
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DB Sponsor Covenants: Underlying weaknesses
The British Steel and BHS cases have drawn attention to structural flaws in the UK’s defined benefit system when it comes to the sponsor covenant, writes Gill Wadsworth
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Master Trusts: A DC default for the future
Pádraig Floyd assesses how master trust providers are shaping the design of defined contribution default funds
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LGPS: Straight in at the deep end
Gail Moss assesses progress so far as the eight local government asset pools of England and Wales test the water
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Diversified Growth Funds: Diffusing the risk
Katherine Lynas and Adam Gillespie point out that strong diversified growth funds distinguish themselves in performance terms at times of heightened market stress
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Liquidity warnings
Regulation is constraining pension funds’ ability to manage risk and they should prepare for future illiquidity
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Longevity in the spotlight
Scheme-specific adjustments to standard industry tables can help smaller pension funds take into account the effect of longevity, according to Michael Kelly and Glyn Bradley
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Latest IPE Focus Group sees split between UK and Dutch markets
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Pensions in the UK: A 10-year scorecard
The advent of The Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund in 2005 changed the UK occupational pensions sector for good. But have they changed it for the better?
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Local Government Pension Scheme: Is bigger always better?
After years of discussing local government pension reform, the government is no closer to a formal policy to restructure the system. This has not deterred frontrunners from exploring different methods of achieving scale and lowering costs
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Asset Management: The rise of multi-asset
Gill Wadsworth looks at the changes adopted by pension funds as they seek investment opportunites that offer stability, diversification and healthy returns
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UK Budget Changes: Further nails in the coffin
Kevin Davey assesses pension changes announced by the government in its July Budget
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Derisking: Granular buy-ins
James Mullins expects medically underwritten buy-ins to gain popularity, with market volume set to reach £1.5bn this year
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Defined Contribution: An innovation conundrum
The end to compulsory annuitisation poses questions. When and how will Britons save, invest and draw down their DC savings?
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Derisking: Unintended risks
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo asks whether UK trustees are taking the right approach to interest rate and inflation risk
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UK Pensions Governance: The head and the heart
Trustees are at the heart of UK pension funds. Do they need to get better at what they do?
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All change
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo outlines how auto enrolment is changing the defined contribution pension landscape
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Liberalising ambitions
This looks set to be a defining year for UK pensions, as auto-enrolment shapes up and key reforms for defined ambition pensions are introduced, writes Taha Lokhandwala
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A buoyant de-risking market
Charlie Finch reviews market practice in buy-ins, buyouts, longevity swaps and LDI
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An emotional business
Tim Jones, CEO of NEST, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo how the master trust is dealing with its customer base in its attempt to raise awareness of pensions and its model to reduce transaction
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Does DC stand for Duty of Care?
Sally Ling looks at two areas that came under the scrutiny of the Law Commission in its review of the fiduciary duties of UK investment intermediaries – defined contribution (DC) providers and investment consultants
