PPI in the Press

We recently conducted some international comparisons of defined contribution systems in order to support Department for Work and Pensions work around small deferred member pension pots. To read the full article please click here to visit the Money Marketing website.  ...

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) is today publishing a Press Release on 'How have other countries dealt with small, deferred member pension pots?' The Government is considering policy options to respond to the growing number of small, deferred member pension pots. As part of this process, the PPI was commissioned by the Master Trust Expert Panel, convened by the Department ...

Following changes in regulation and an increasing recognition of the financially-material nature of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, we are seeing more schemes engaging with such strategies than ever before and to a greater extent. However, there is still work to be done before we reach a point where all schemes are engaging in a meaningful way. For some, this ...

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) is today publishing a Press Release on 'Engaging with ESG: The story so far'. At the beginning of this month (Wednesday 2nd December), the PPI published this Briefing Note which outlines the historical developments that have led to the current landscape of ESG investment in the UK, as well as establishing the current state of play and identif ...

Master trusts have been a major success story since the introduction of auto-enrolment. As the market matures, providers and master trust users have some new questions to address. To read the full article please click here to visit the REBA website ...

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) is today publishing a Press Release on 'Engaging with ESG', ground-breaking research, which will break through the confusion surrounding Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and climate change to identify actual barriers faced by schemes and practical policy solutions for helping schemes to engage in a more meaningful way.  To do ...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk factors are becoming an increasingly important consideration in pension schemes’ investment decisions. To read the full article please click here to visit Pensions Age website ...

Last month Guy Opperman, the pensions minister, announced the creation of a small-pots working group, tasked with making recommendations for future policy in the area of small deferred pension pots in defined contribution schemes. This follows a Pensions Policy Institute report, sponsored by Now: Pensions and published in July, which examined a number of alternative policy opt ...

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk-factors are becoming an increasingly important part of the investment decisions that UK trustees and pension providers must make. Not only are the financial implications of ESG factors becoming more apparent to UK investors, but regulation is also guiding them in this direction, at some speed. To read the full article please clic ...

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) is today publishing the sixth edition of its annual Defined Contribution (DC) compendium, The DC Future Book: in association with Columbia Threadneedle Investments (2020 edition). This report sets out available data on the DC landscape alongside commentary, analysis and projections of future trends. To download the full Press Release p ...