What can we learn from the Barnardo's outcome?
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled that Barnardo’s cannot change the inflation protection it provides to members of its defined benefit scheme from the retail price index to the consumer pric...
14 Nov 20187min
The Autumn Budget: Reaction
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has delivered his Autumn Budget. To mull over patient capital and what might have been, Alex Janiaud is joined by James Riley, council member at the Society ...
31 Okt 20187min
What does the future hold for LDI?
The popularity of liability-driven investment strategies among defined benefit pension funds has increased over the years. In 2017, the total notional value of liabilities hedged by LDI strategies con...
17 Okt 20184min
DC default design: Make sure you understand your members
Last month, Pensions Expert reported that trustees of the Lloyds Bank Pension Scheme No.1 had overhauled the default offering for their DC members. In this episode, Lydia Fearn, head of DC and financi...
3 Okt 20189min
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
DB transfers: What trustees and employers should consider
Since the introduction of freedom and choice in 2015, more and more savers have showed an interest in defined benefit transfers. In this episode, Ben Roe, senior partner and head of member options at ...
9 Aug 20188min
