Pensions Aspects Magazine

Published bi-monthly and brought to you by the PMI, this leading UK pensions magazine offers expert insights, policy updates, and practical guidance on the issues shaping your profession. Each edition helps you stay informed and ahead, with the latest on regulation, governance, diversity, digital innovation, and more, plus member updates, exam news, and exclusive interviews.

The greater the allyship, the greater the Pride
16 July 2021

The greater the allyship, the greater the Pride

Pride is about celebrating difference, standing in solidarity and practising allyship towards others.

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Dashboard: demystifying Government Pension Strategy and Policy
16 July 2021

Dashboard: demystifying Government Pension Strategy and Policy

A cross section of practitioners recently described the pensions industry in mainly downbeat adjectives1. Two of the more common ones were confused and complicated. Clearly, not all is well. In the context of the Pensions Dashboard, Michael Nicolaou outlines some issues and highlights the key challenge facing the industry.

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A trustee effectiveness review: a tool to help trustees
16 July 2021

A trustee effectiveness review: a tool to help trustees

We know that not everyone finds the idea of a trustee effectiveness review appealing. Many feel such a review will take up time that could be better spent dealing with scheme issues, and the prospect of a list of improvements for busy trustees is not attractive. However, a periodic review of how trustees are operating collectively will be time well-invested and is an essential requirement for a well-run scheme.

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Codification not just consolidation
16 July 2021

Codification not just consolidation

The consultation on The Pension Regulator’s (TPR’s) new ‘super code’ ended on 26 May 2021. It is expected to come into force sometime later this year, but trustees and other governing bodies should start to get ready for it now. The new Code is much more than a copy and paste of extracts from the existing TPR Codes of Practice, and includes, in addition to revisions to existing requirements, brand new content around pension scheme governance and management.

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Why buy-ins make it harder to achieve a buy-out
16 July 2021

Why buy-ins make it harder to achieve a buy-out

In the majority of cases, a buy-in will be detrimental to the trustees’ ability to achieve a buy-out, requiring re-risking a pension scheme’s portfolio of assets or pushing out the time frame.

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Winning in a virtual world
07 June 2021

Winning in a virtual world

“Welcome, it’s lovely to meet you!” I say enthusiastically, studying the new face on my screen. With a lack of body language and visual cues to help me, I find myself searching my new colleague’s backdrop for clues to her personality and interests. It doesn’t give much away, but after spying a cat picture on the wall, I get the sneaking suspicion that we will get on just fine.

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