The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how pivotal good administration is to ensuring benefits get paid in a crisis. Continue reading
David Fairs
Why intelligence is key to combating COVID
David Fairs, Executive Director of Regulatory Policy, Analysis and Advice, takes a closer look at some of our key COVID-19 updates. Continue reading
DB funding code: It’s a matter of principle
Over the last few weeks, calls have been made for us to rethink or abandon the first consultation on our draft DB funding code. Continue reading
A maturing and innovating landscape for defined benefit pensions
For much of the twentieth century, private or workplace pensions meant defined benefit.
Breaking down barriers to create diverse boards of trustees
In our Governance and Trusteeship consultation, we asked how we could help trustees improve the diversity of trustee boards, something we believe is crucial.
Intergenerational fairness
As Michael Johnson recently outlined in his letter to the Select Committee on Intergenerational Fairness and Provision, Generation Y (aka millennials) could be the first generation to experience a lesser quality of life than their baby boomer parents.
Continue readingWhy we’re pushing pension schemes out of the market
We want to accelerate the consolidation of pension schemes. Why? Because many smaller schemes are simply not good enough.
Continue readingProtecting DB savers: our expectations are clear
Making workplace pensions work is at the heart of what we do, but it’s also the job of those who fund and manage pension schemes.
Continue readingDC growth indicates automatic enrolment is starting to mature
Some things are foreseeable. As automatic enrolment has created hundreds of thousands of new pension memberships, so the defined contribution (DC) market was inevitably going to grow.
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