Pensions minister Guy Opperman has said that more companies should offer payroll savings mechanisms to their employees.
Hymans Robertson calls for AE credits to tackle gender gap
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May 18, 2022
Hymans Robertson has called for the creation of auto-enrolment credits in a bid to tackle the gender pensions gap, which would see the government paying pension contributions for people taking career breaks.
Perceptions of TPR’s performance quality deteriorate in 2021
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May 17, 2022
The perception of the Pensions Regulator’s performance quality diminished last year, according to the watchdog’s ‘Perceptions of TPR’ report.
PASA bolsters cyber attack admin checklist amid crime surge
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May 17, 2022
The Pensions Administration Standards Association has published a new cyber crime checklist, advising administrators to keep up to speed with legislation and assess their vulnerabilities to cyber attacks amid a spike in online criminal activity.
Ombudsman fines Cabinet Office and civil service scheme admin
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May 16, 2022
The Pensions Ombudsman has partly upheld a complaint against the Cabinet Office and MyCSP, the administrator of the Civil Service Pension Scheme, after they failed to properly process a member’s request to cease payments to his “added years contract”.
NHS sends almost 3,000 erroneous pension statements
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May 16, 2022
Nearly 3,000 members of the NHS Pension Scheme have been sent erroneous pension statements, leading to criticism from the British Medical Association.
Comment
The annual funding statement: Creating certainty from uncertainty
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May 13, 2022
Carl Hitchman, chief investment officer for UK investment consulting at Buck, explores key four topics from the Pensions Regulator’s latest annual funding statement.
Should DC default funds take more risk?
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May 6, 2022
Cushon strategic adviser Julius Pursaill considers the arguments as to whether defined contribution default funds should assume more risk.
New DB funding code should focus on transparency
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April 29, 2022
Buck’s Sarah Brown and Andrew Horner argue there should be a transparent relationship between covenant, funding and investment strategy ahead of the Pensions Regulator’s second consultation on its new code of practice on defined benefit scheme funding.
Videos & Podcasts
Uncertainty around inflation leads to ‘casino pensions’
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May 5, 2022
Podcast: Pension Playpen chief executive Steve Goddard is joined by Cardano managing director Emily Goodridge to discuss inflation, technology in pensions, and the future of environmental, social and governance disclosure.
‘Pot follows member’ legislation needed to solve small pots problem
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April 21, 2022
Podcast: Henry Tapper, executive chair of AgeWage, and Tom McPhail, director of public affairs at the Lang Cat, discuss small pots, commercial consolidators, and more McCloud woe for the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Natural capital can improve scheme returns but concerns remain
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March 28, 2022
Podcast: Lombard Odier’s Alina Donets and Sackers’ Stuart O’Brien discuss natural capital and how scheme trustees can consider these investments while complying with their fiduciary duties.
CPD
Tackling net zero, consolidation and diversity
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May 13, 2022
CPD: Liam Wyatt looks back at the key topics that emerged during Pensions Expert’s DB and DC Pensions Management Summit, including the practicalities of net zero, DC scheme consolidation, and diversity within the pensions space.
First superfund deal could happen before end of 2022
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May 6, 2022
CPD: Superfunds have long been mooted as a possible solution for defined benefit schemes where an employer’s covenant is weak or there exists a danger of insolvency. They are now set to move from the drawing board to reality this year, reports Stephanie Hawthorne.
What it means for data protection when the King works from home
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April 22, 2022
CPD: Hymans Robertson’s Susan Black details the new challenges posed to the Local Government Pension Scheme from the pandemic, remote working, and cyber security issues and how to address them.