NAPF investment conference
DC rocks, but charge caps don't
Dispatches from the NAPF conference in Edinburgh: Asset manager and academic argue that charge caps stifle innovation and don’t give employers enough choice.
DC Insight
Mastertrusts fight for survival
The Pensions Regulator is losing sleep over the number of mastertrusts on the market - but the launches keep on coming
Analysis
Aviva’s longevity swap blows the market wide open
Lack of middleman could pave the way for cheaper deals
Interview
In New Zealand "it doesn't matter who your employer is"
New Zealand is ahead of the curve when it comes to pensions provision, but as the country’s leading pensions economist Susan St John explains to David Blackman, many of the issues the sector faces are universal
Blogs
Taxing pensions in payment and tweaking the lump sum would help intergenerational fairness
The case for reform of the UK’s pension tax system is strong. But the remedy often prescribed – to restrict income tax relief on pension contributions – is the result of a poor diagnosis of the underlying problem
The real threat from low rates is not the rates, but low economic growth
New research commissioned by the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services demonstrates the effects of low interest rates on Canadian public pension systems using four scenarios following the financial crisis
Video
JLT chief expecting huge £3bn pension buyout
VIDEO: Chief executive Mark Wood says the current buyout record holder, the EMI scheme, could be dwarfed in 2014
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Auto-enrolment in 2014
Engagement the key to Warburtons auto-enrolment success
The family owned bakery business encouraged over 400 members to contribute more than the minimum, pensions manager Anne Hunt explains how
United Response explains how it tackled auto-enrolment
Diane Lightfoot, communications director at charity United Response explains their auto-enrolment success story
Jury's out on default fund success
Exclusive research: Pensions Insight finds the industry split over the suitability of default funds and whether there should be one default fund, or many
