David Fairs reflects on the responses to our first DB funding code consultation and busts a few myths.
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David Fairs
A changing climate for pension trustees
Climate change will challenge every area of our lives, including our retirements. The pension industry’s response to that challenge will determine its future prosperity.
Continue readingPaying benefits is not just admin
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how pivotal good administration is to ensuring benefits get paid in a crisis. Continue reading
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. The arguments are that it was written in different, more benign, economic conditions and it is now out of place.
Continue readingA 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.
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