How the UK’s largest pension schemes have navigated recent volatility
Leading pension scheme investment bosses have highlighted the importance of appropriate governance processes t ...
92% of pension professionals say administration is as important as investment and strategy, XPS polling finds
More than nine in ten (92%) pension professionals believe administration is as important as investment and fun ...
How to fix the UK’s 37% pension gap
The UK’s gender pension gap is one of the largest in the developed world. On average, British women retire wit ...
Jamaica. Tourism Workers Pension Scheme Surpasses $5B in Savings
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced that the Tourism Workers Pension Scheme has now surpasse ...
AI-driven investment strategies could help boost pension schemes’ risk-adjusted returns
Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven investment strategies could help pension schemes improve risk-adjusted ret ...
Gen X Americans Face New Retirement Savings Threat
Generation X Americans could face new pressure on their retirement savings as the economic fallout from the wa ...
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Managing Retirement Risk: Policy Choices in Pension Fund Administration
By Fawaz Adediran & Oluwatobiloba Yomi-Oshatimi This article critically examines the legal and institutional framework governing pension administration and Pension Fund Administrators in Nigeria under the Pension Reform Act 2014. It analyses the structure of the contributory pension scheme, focusing on the statutory separation between Pension Fund Administrators and Pension Fund Custodians as well as […]
War and Digital Financial Inclusion: Role of Digital Financial Services in War and Armed Conflict
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How the UK’s largest pension schemes have navigated recent volatility
Leading pension scheme investment bosses have highlighted the importance of appropriate governance processes to help navigate periods of volatility. On a panel discussion at the Pensions UK Investment Conference in Edinburgh this week, senior representatives from three of the UK’s largest pension managers explained that clear delegation and communication were key to successfully navigating volatility. […]
92% of pension professionals say administration is as important as investment and strategy, XPS polling finds
More than nine in ten (92%) pension professionals believe administration is as important as investment and funding strategy in running a well-governed scheme, according to new polling by XPS Group. The findings are based on responses gathered during a recent XPS webinar examining the evolving role of pension administration amid growing regulatory focus. When asked […]
How to fix the UK’s 37% pension gap
The UK’s gender pension gap is one of the largest in the developed world. On average, British women retire with pensions around 37% lower than men’s, according to OECD data.1 That gives us the second-largest gender pension gap among the 38 developed economies the organisation looks at. This isn’t just a statistic. It translates into: Less […]
Jamaica. Tourism Workers Pension Scheme Surpasses $5B in Savings
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced that the Tourism Workers Pension Scheme has now surpassed $5 billion in savings since its inception. “I would like to indicate, by way of out-turn, that the world-class, world-standard, historic Tourism Workers Pension Scheme, in its first two years… notwithstanding [Hurricanes] Melissa and Beryl… stands now at $5.1 […]