Is 3-month DB holiday enough?
Measures introduced by the Pensions Regulator – which allow employers to freeze their defined benefit obligations for three months in response to the economic fallout from coronavirus – might need to ...
8 Apr 202015min
Webb: Budget must deliver for doctors
Former pensions minister Steve Webb argued that “it would be astonishing” if the March 11 Budget does not bring a solution to the issues caused by the tapered annual allowance for doctors and senior c...
5 Mar 202015min
Regulator should take ‘softly-softly’ approach to DC consolidation
The Pensions Regulator should take a “softly-softly” approach to defined contribution consolidation, similar to what happened with master trusts during the authorisation process, where subtle conversa...
19 Feb 202017min
Govt and regulators urged to review chair statements
Government and regulators should rethink pension schemes’ chair statements, as they have become a regulatory compliance tool for the pensions industry, according to Darren Philp, director of policy an...
6 Feb 202021min
Vegan case flags importance of heeding members
Trustees and employers should consult members on their beliefs, and incorporate the investment views of the majority in their pension default fund, according to Romi Savova, chief executive at Pension...
21 Jan 202020min
What falling sterling means for pension funds
It has been a rocky few months for sterling, with the currency falling more than 7 per cent since May. In this podcast, Shoqat Bunglawala, head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s global portfolio sol...
22 Aug 201911min
Tackling the 'long tail' of underperforming smaller schemes
The Pensions Regulator’s latest defined contribution survey revealed that only 4 per cent of micro schemes and 1 per cent of small schemes are meeting all of the watchdog’s governance standards. David...
15 Aug 20193min
The future of trusteeship
Is there a big difference in governance standards between boards with a professional trustee and boards without? Should lay trustees have to demonstrate how they have acquired a minimum level of knowl...
23 Jul 20197min
