All Pensions in United Kingdom Report articles – Page 2
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Commentary: A complex journey to net zero
Tackling climate change successfully is not just a matter of following rules. It is a continuum that trustees must embrace
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Funding code: Deciphering the new code
With the Pensions Regulator consulting on a new code of practice for defined benefit (DB) scheme funding, trustees are advised to take a long-term view of investment, covenant and liabilities
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Pension dashboards – a need for clarity
Dashboards hold out the promise of allowing individuals to see all their retirement savings on one digital platform
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Climate risk: Climate of change
Pension schemes will have to adjust their systems to cope with new regulations to tackle climate change
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Country Report – Pensions in UK (May 2021)
The UK’s Pension Schemes Act was finally signed in February 2021, after nearly two years of negotiations in parliament that were severely disrupted by elections, Brexit-related negotiations and the COVID-19 pandemic. The new rules have given the Pensions Regulator (TPR) new powers that could see it intervene in corporate actions such as mergers and acquisitions, as we analyse in this report. The report also looks at other key topics impacting the UK pensions sector, including DB funding, climate change, risk management and pension dashboards.
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UK country report: Moving towards an ESG crescendo
Trustees should use the COVID-19 lockdown as a time to prepare for the next round of ESG reporting requirements in October
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UK country report: Legislation: The waiting game
The UK’s Pension Schemes Bill has been delayed by elections in December and now by COVID-19
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UK country report: Regulator plans twin-track funding code
Consultation continues to prepare DB schemes to be less reliant on sponsors as the sector matures
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UK country report: Valuations: Rising to the challenge
The pandemic has brought testing times for the valuations and operation of DB schemes
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NEST: More than a pension
NEST’s Insight unit is looking at how to improve pensions outcomes for the less fortunate
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The future of trusteeship
The Pensions Regulator is aiming to tackle poorly run UK pension schemes, and has designs on the role that trustees can play
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Funding: Striking the right balance
Companies need to find the right balance between making pension deficit contributions and paying dividends to shareholders
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UK: ESG moves up the trustee agenda
UK pension scheme trustees now bear the responsibility to weigh ESG and climate change risks more explicitly
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Welcome to the feedback age
DC funds are increasingly employing focus groups to gain insight into the motivations of their members. But pensions are not as easy to review as hotels or restaurants
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Fiduciary managers: A healthier market?
Standardisation of data provision could prove essential to driving greater competition in UK fiduciary management
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Funding: Where do pension funds end?
Identifying the funding horizon means balancing objectives and expectations, particularly given likely prescriptive new funding rules
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LGPS pooling: Funds under pressure to comply
About 30% of assets have been absorbed by the new LGPS pools
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Auto-enrolment: A call for clarity
The government should set out its long-term policy on auto-enrolment contributions with a view to increasing the overall level
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CDC: Proposals gain approval
The UK government has proposed collective defined contribution schemes. The model is gaining traction after an initially lukewarm response
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Deficits: All set for a bumpy ride
Choppy markets, economic uncertainity and Brexit are among the issues faced by UK sponsors and trustees