How should trustees be monitoring their employer covenant?
Over the past few years, headlines highlighting several high-profile defined benefit pension cases have hammered home the importance of having a strong covenant. Mark Evans, director at Independent Tr...
18 Sep 20189min
What would be the impact of tighter regulation of actuaries?
An advisory group to the government review of the Financial Reporting Council is considering the role of actuaries and the extent to which actuaries should be subject to formal regulation in response ...
5 Sep 20186min
What can be done to help savers achieve a better retirement income?
Eighty per cent of people are not sure whether they are saving the right amount for retirement, according to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association. What can be done to help savers achieve a be...
22 Aug 20186min
PPF remains strong despite record liability intake
The Pension Protection Fund's latest annual report shows it has weathered a record influx of defined benefit liabilities without much trouble. Chief financial officer Andy McKinnon discusses future ch...
25 Jul 201810min
Should the FCA have brought in a charge cap for drawdown?
Last month, the Financial Conduct Authority released its long-awaited Retirement Outcomes Review. Daniela Silcock, head of policy research at the Pensions Policy Institute, and Nathan Long, senior pen...
10 Jul 201811min
What next for the Pensions Regulator?
Last month, chief executive of the Pensions Regulator Lesley Titcomb said she would be leaving the watchdog at the end of her contract in February 2019. The announcement came only a few months after t...
27 Jun 20187min
Guy Opperman talks AE, the self-employed and superfunds
From the government's review of auto-enrolment, to the publication of its defined benefit white paper, the past 12 months have been a busy time regarding retirement saving. While a significant amount ...
12 Jun 20189min
