Pensions Watch Issue 21: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
With the recent launch of the 8th 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 20: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
In this edition of Pensions Watch we look at the S, the social, in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and why, despite perceptions to the contrary, it shouldn’t be the almost silent consonant or the poor relation to the E and the G.
Fixing Defined Contribution: A five-pronged approach
In this paper, we provide a flavour of what needs to change if defined contribution (DC) outcomes in the UK are to
improve materially and sustainably and good outcomes are to become the norm. Spoiler alert: it isn’t just the one
silver bullet that’ll fix DC.
Pensions Watch – Issue 19: 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, in this edition of Pensions Watch we look at the rationale for defined benefit schemes appointing a fiduciary manager and whether fiduciary management has delivered to expectations.
Pensions Watch – Issue 18: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
Pensions Watch has long maintained that successfully running a pension scheme has increasingly become a complex exercise in risk management.
Pensions Watch – Issue 17: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
In this edition of Pensions Watch we look at the central role played by Liability Driven Investment in the risk management of defined benefit pension schemes and consider whether a new economic environment of punchy inflation numbers and rising bond yields changes anything for this crucial aspect of risk management.
Pensions Watch – Issue 15: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
In this edition of Pensions Watch, we consider the proposed reforms to one of the world’s leading pension systems – that of the Netherlands. Crucially, we assess whether, post-reforms, the Netherlands can continue to set the bar for the three broad factors that determine pre-eminence in pension system design and if the reforms set a blueprint for other systems, facing the same challenges, to follow.
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.
