BA extends MNT voting rights to dependants
British Airways has given dependant pensioners voting rights in one of its schemes to placate unhappy members, as more schemes expand their trustee selection processes beyond current employees
DC schemes dump trackers for multi-asset funds
Schemes have dropped equity trackers for better performing multi-asset and target date funds over the past five years, according to research published this week
Large DC scheme benefits from cutting fund choice
A 10,000-member DC scheme has improved its performance and boosted member engagement by slimming down the number of investment choices it offers
RSA and SPPA beef up online benefit comms
RSA Pensions and the Scottish Public Pensions Authority are driving members online to review their annual benefit statements using feedback to get the best out of these communications
Nationwide uses flexible retirement to engage staff
The UK’s biggest building society has benefited from letting staff draw their pension while continuing to work, since the abolition last year of the default retirement age
Trinity Mirror and Nest trustee on DC governance
Video: Trinity Mirror and Nest trustee Laurie Edmans discusses the central DC governance challenges for these schemes, and how to overcome them (4:34)
sX Review: How Budget 2012 affects your scheme
Video: Towers Watson's Stephen Green and Robin Simmons of Sackers discuss what this year's Budget means for UK pension schemes (5:20)
McClymont: Comms is fundamental AE challenge
Video: Shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont outlines how he would like the auto-enrolment regulations improved, and how schemes should be communicating with members (5:29)
Co-op consultation ups member contributions by a third
The UK's largest mutual has boosted the amount of money in its scheme, and avoided a potential £50,000 fine, as a result of a widespread consultation on increasing employee contributions
National Grid doubles take-up of offer to match contributions
The energy supplier scheme has more than doubled take-up of a pledge to double-match employees’ 5% contributions, following a postal and email campaign
Pension Derisking: Longevity Hedging & Buying Out 2012
Pension schemes are increasingly looking at their derisking strategies given the uncertainty of inflation rates and market volatility.
With this in mind, financial reports specialist Clear Path Analysis has worked with European pension plan trustees, managers and corporate sponsors.
This report looks at their views on relieving liability risks, engaging in longevity hedging and buying out and other opportunities within the volatile market.