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Pensions Age Features list
Time
to start hitting the target
Christopher Andrews finds
that default funds need to change – and fast – if defined
contribution (DC) scheme members are to see their retirement expectations
being met
(April.2009).
Leading
the debate
Marek Handzel recently
caught up with Alderman Ian Luder – the Lord Mayor of the
City of London – and found an individual championing the merits
of financial education (April.2009).
Deflated
any longer?
Richard Dingwall-Smith asks
if bond investors should worry that central banks are taking risks
with inflation (April.2009).
Burning
bright
Sophie Baker assesses
why Exchange Traded Funds have been one of the few recent investment
success stories and whether they are gaining favour with UK pension
funds (April.2009).
Pensions Age SIPPs Roundtable 2009: testing times
The panellists on this year’s SIPP roundtable cast
a collective expert eye over the effects the current
economic downturn is having on the self-invested
personal pensions market (February.2009).
Pensions Age SIPPs Roundtable 2009
(February.2009).
Cleaning
up your data
It’s time that all pension
schemes took data cleansing seriously, finds Christopher
Andrews (January.2009).
DB
Terminal decline
Peter Davy finds
that the economic downturn may well shorten the lifespan of the
active private sector defined benefit pension schemes in the UK
(January.2009).
SMEs:
Testing times
Given the financial turmoil of 2008,
where do small pension schemes go from here? Chetan
Ghosh, head of LDI at Investment Solutions, offers up some
options(January.2009).
Fiduciary
management: In control
David Adams examines how the fiduciary management model can improve pension
scheme governance in the UK (January.2009).
Back
to square one, Minister
David Adams on the challenges facing the new Minister for Pensions and the Ageing
Society, Rosie Winterton, and the tepid welcome she's received from
some quarters (November.2008).
High
yield: high risk?
Christopher
Andrews finds that now is the time for pension schemes to
pick up some well-valued ‘junk’ bonds, without having
to fear that their assets will disappear (November.2008).
The
passing storm
Marek Handzel looks
at how commentators view the current financial crisis and where
trustees, still brave enough to look at equities, may find value (November.2008).
Wrap
platforms: The big freeze
Peter Davy on why wrap platforms have not taken off as predicted despite their
numerous merits (November.2008).
Pensions scheme power struggle
Peter Davy asks if rumours that an increasing number of employers are forcing trustees
to adopt their scheme investment policies are true (Sept.2008).
Making savings for pensions cool
Marek Handzel looks at why employers should not give up hope of being able to entice
young people into a scheme (Sept.2008).
Don't get hooked by SIPP hype
Steve Patterson urges
caution around protected rights being included in SIPPs (Sept.2008).
2008 Pensions Bill
Christopher Andrews analyses
the current state of the protracted 2008 Pensions Bill (August 2008).
Traded Life Policies: profit from mortality
Nadine Wojakovski examines
the growth in interest over traded life policies and asks if any
ethical worries over the asset class could hold back its growth (August 2008).
The next generation of DC pension plans
Nick Cook considers the fear of DC under-delivery, what the next generation of DC pension
plans might look like and the step changes needed to get there. (August 2008).
We don't need no financial education
Ellie Bennett finds that boredom and mistrust could thwart plans to create a more financially
literate UK population. (July 2008)
Waiting for some real answers from the TCF
The FSA's Treating Customers Fairly
(TCF) initiative has left some financial advisers rather confused
finds Peter Davy ( July 2008).
The rising cost of pension protection
Nadine Wojakovski says that the surprising rise in the Pension Protection Fund's levy scaling
factor may be an indication that companies will be hit with increasingly
higher levies in the years to come, as the number of people relying
on the organisation rises (July 2008).
Hedge funds are weathering the storm
Peter Davy finds that despite the tough conditions, hedge funds are riding the storm (June 2008).
The third way between annuities and drawdown
David Adams examines the growing space between annuities and income drawdown (June 2008).
The data problem
Marek Handzel
whether scheme trustees have finally singled out data as a problem
that needs solving (June 2008).
FRS17 - how accurate is it?
David Konotey assesses the potential impact of proposed changes to FRS17 ( June 2008).
An
aging problem
Peter Davy says that age discrimination regulations introduced over a year
ago have proved rather confusing ( March 2008).
Completing
the puzzle
Nadine Wojakovski asks if Group SIPPs are about to become a regular feature of FTSE
100 benefit packages ( March 2008).
Counting
on life in alternatives
Duncan Jefferies says that alternative asset allocation is now mainstream and that
more schemes are getting to grips with diversifying their assets ( March 2008).
Getting
a grip
David Adams asks if default funds are improving fast enough now that the majority
of the industry has accepted that they are where most DC members
end up ( March 2008).
No
easy fix
Lynda Hardy Maskell examines the current variety of options available to pension funds
in the fixed income space ( March 2008).
Turning
out the light
Nadine Wojakovski investigates the new IFRIC14 accounting rule and asks how much real
damage it could do for the long-term prospects of final salary schemes ( March 2008).
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