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Govt seeks to overturn Pension Schemes Bill amendment defeats


By Jack Gray

The government is seeking to overturn the four Pension Schemes Bill amendment votes it lost in the House of Lords in the summer by removing them from the bill.

In a House of Commons Notices of Amendments publication, Pensions Minster, Guy Opperman, outlined the removal of the House of Lords’ amendments


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Ibstock Pension Scheme has completed a £340m buy-in transaction with Just Group, securing the benefits of more than 1,800 pensioners and over 50 per cent of the scheme’s total liability
16% of DB schemes say Covid-19 has weakened sponsors' long-term covenant

Just 16 per cent of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes believe that the coronavirus pandemic has weakened their sponsoring employer’s ability to stand behind the scheme in the long term, according to a survey by Willis Towers Watson (WTW)

Over two-thirds of UK pension schemes expect increase in renewable energy investments

Over two-thirds (68 per cent) of UK pension scheme investors expect allocations to renewable energy to increase over the next five years, while 10 per cent expect it to fall, according to research from Alpha Real Capital
Govt pushes ahead with mandatory simpler statement plans for AE DC schemes

The government has announced a number of consultations on simpler annual benefits statements' timing and design, as its consultation response confirms plans to push ahead with legislation


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Why pension funds need to act now on climate-related risks

Pension funds will be required to report the risks that climate change could have on investments under new rules and investors are demanding accountability from companies

Fiduciary management: Cashflow-driven investing

Cashflow-driven investing (or CDI) is becoming increasingly topical as pension schemes progress

to their endgame. Not only this, but market events in the first quarter of 2020 have seen credit spreads

widen significantly, which has improved the feasibility of implementing a CDI solution for schemes with funding positions that have weathered the crisis

A little something extra

Jack Gray investigates which type of saver would be best suited to which saving vehicles, and whether these products should compete with, or complement, a pension

The big outsourcing question

Duncan Ferris looks at scheme administration, examining why some like to keep things in house and others favour calling in a third party

Time for a tune-up?

Laura Blows considers the reasons why a trustee board should conduct a review of its own processes

Deferring responsibility

As the number of deferred pension scheme members grows, Gill Wadsworth explores how they may no longer be poor relations to their active counterparts

Technology: The key to bringing pensions and financial wellbeing closer together

Despite the turmoil and upheaval caused by the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the effectiveness of defined contribution (DC) investment strategies have generally stood up pretty well

Sustainability Guide 2020: Investing in a brighter future

Featuring:

• The help at hand to guide trustees with sustainability investing

• Global environmental opportunities

• ESG and emerging market debt

• Investing today to build a better tomorrow

• Whether ‘sustainable’ and ‘investment’ go together

• Focusing on the ‘social’

(S)pot the difference

Gill Wadsworth examines the many reasons why DC pot sizes may vary wildly, and what can be done to shrink the gap

Talking risk

While those in the industry benefit from an awareness that there are differing member attitudes to financial risk, savers themselves are often unaware of their own attitudes. So how can schemes appropriately communicate financial risk to different segments of their membership?

Less is more

With the ongoing calls for a professional trustee on every pension board persisting, Jack Gray investigates whether this could be unachievable and unnecessary presently, and why

ensuring a better standard of professional trustee may be more desirable than simply one on every board

Time to leave home?

Nick Reeve considers the importance of pension schemes looking beyond the domestic markets when investing

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Sovereign bonds and climate change considerations
In Pensions Age's latest podcast, Laura Blows is joined by Hilary Norris, Product Manager, Sustainable Investment, EMEA, FTSE Russell, to discuss sovereign bonds and climate change considerations

Climate Investing
Laura Blows speaks to Aled Jones, Head of Sustainable Investing for Europe at FTSE Russell, and Adam Matthews, Director of Ethics and Engagement for the Church of England Pensions Board, about the role of climate investing within a pension fund portfolio.

Managing volatility
In the latest Pensions Age podcast, Laura Blows speaks to Cambridge Associates head of European pension practice, Alex Koriath, about the Covid-related market volatility and how pension funds can prepare for the challenges ahead

Risk transfer opportunities
Laura Blows speaks to Lisa Purdy, Head of Fiduciary Distribution at Legal & General Investment Management and Gavin Smith, Pricing and Execution Director - UK PRT at Legal & General, about the impact of the recent market volatility on the bulk annuity and risk transfer market and the potential opportunities for the future

De-risking options for pension schemes
In this latest Pensions Age podcast, Linklaters' Sarah Parkin talks to Laura Blows about the wide range of choice available to pensions schemes for the partial, or full, removal of their risks

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