Pensions Aspects Magazine

One giant leap

We put a man on the moon back in the 1960s, so why can’t we get basic pension information online? One reason is our old friend poor data quality. It’s the Cinderella of the trustee agenda. Those are words I never thought I’d put together in the same sentence. I’ll blame it on lockdown.

5th ITM Student Essay Competition - Winner Molly McCarthy

What benefits could be realised by further diversifying trustee boards and other governance bodies in pensions (eg. IGCs)? What steps can be taken by the next generation of pensions professionals and the industry as a whole to improve diversity in this area?

The journey to net zero

For professional clients only

Five years ago, adding an environmental, social and governance (ESG) tilt to your investment portfolio was seen as a nice-to-have. Today, there is a recognition that if you don’t consider this, it will impact performance. This has added pressure to time-pressed pension trustees to consider the potential effect of climate change on their scheme’s investments.

We all have a part to play in the war on scammers

The true scale of the amount lost to pension scams, and the number of victims, is likely to be much higher as victims often don’t realise they have been tricked until many years later. Nicola Parish calls on pension schemes to step up their reporting on scams - warning that a clear understanding of the size of the problem and good quality intelligence is crucial to beating the scourge of scammers.