Pensions Watch – Issue 14: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
In Pensions Watch edition 5 (January 2021), we predicted that 2021 could be the year that the UK pension system was propelled up the global rankings, from its lowly and long-standing C+ rating, by the influential annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index.
Pensions Watch – Issue 13: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
According to the 2021 edition of the Pension Policy Institute’s (PPI) The DC Future Book, more than 95% of members of trust-based Defined Contribution (DC) schemes (including master trusts) are invested in their scheme’s default fund.
Pensions Watch – Issue 12: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
With the recent launch of the 7th annual edition of the Pension Policy Institute’s (PPI’s) The DC Future Book, compiled, as it has been since its inception, in association with Columbia Threadneedle Investments, we look at the key findings of this year’s research and what actions should be considered if good retirement outcomes are to become the norm.
Pensions watch – Issue 11: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
Securing value for money, or value for members, particularly from a scheme’s asset managers, is central to achieving good retirement outcomes. With this in mind, we consider what constitutes value for money and whether it is being achieved.
Pensions watch – Issue 10: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
With trustee investment governance, in many cases, being tested to the limit, not least in the early stages of the pandemic, in this edition we focus on generating better pension outcomes through improved investment governance and innovative investment thinking.
Is the bond broken?
An allocation to government bonds within a multi-asset portfolio has traditionally played a vital role in terms of risk management and diversification. But with a decade-long bull era in both government bonds and equities, is this assumption still valid?
Pensions watch – Issue 9: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
In this edition we focus on the increasingly discussed spectre of inflation resurfacing and bond yields rising, as
economic growth gathers momentum and supply shortages see many commodities and manufacturing components
post dramatic double-digit price rises. Ultimately, we consider the implications for pension scheme funding.
Pensions watch – Issue 8: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
In this edition we focus on the latest, and one of the most illuminating, industry reports to warn of the imminent deterioration of retirement outcomes, principally as a consequence of wholly inadequate Defined Contribution (DC) saving.
Pensions watch – Issue 7: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
In this edition we focus on why, how and to what extent climate change risk management has been dialled up by recent legislation, regulation and global collaborations and why this matters.
Revolution on the horizon: Will the Dutch pension system still set the bar for sustainability, adequacy and integrity?
With the adequacy, sustainability and even integrity of the world’s pension systems being tested to the limit, the Netherlands has achieved more than most in meeting the demographic, economic and financial challenges that have compromised many other pension systems over the past couple of decades.
