PI in a Pod: Recent Episodes
Pensions Insight
Are you sick of pensions scaremongering?
On PI in a Pod we delve behind the headlines of the biggest pension stories.
Each fortnight we’ll examine one big issue, with the help of an expert panel, to find out what really should matter to people who care about pensions
Bob Campion, senior portfolio manager from Charles Stanley discusses some of the findings from Engaged Investor's recent research into investment diversification.
Graham Vidler joins joins Jack Jones to discuss the PLSA's proposal for a new type of pension fund to absorb traditional DB schemes.
The PMI's Tim Middleton joins Jack Jones to dissect the Budget. This episode looks at QROPS, MPAAs, tax relief and National Insurance changes.
As the government launches its green paper on the future of DB, Chris Martin of ITS and Alex Hutton-Mills of Lincoln Pensions discuss the issues. Is there a DB funding crisis? Does TPR need stronger powers? What can we do to improve the outlook for members of distressed schemes?
As the government launches its review of auto-enrolment, former pensions minister Steve Webb explains what needs to be done to make the flagship policy a success.
Why is it so expensive to provide a DB pension, what impact is this having on DC contributions, and what needs to be done? Lynda Whitney and Bob Scott discuss this and more with Jack Jones.
The People's Pension's Darren Philp and Eversheds' Hugh Gittins discuss the Pension Schemes Bill with Jack Jones
Former pensions minister Baroness Altmann opens up about her experiences in government, fears over current policy, and hopes for the future of pensions.
Everyone knows that we've got a new DC code, but what does that mean in practice for UK schemes? In episode 5 host Sara Benwell is joined by special guests Helen Ball, head of DC at Sackers and Roger Mattingly, managing director at Pan Trustees Ltd to discuss what should be top of trustees' lists.
LCP's latest 'Accounting for Pensions' report revealed that UK FTSE firms paid five times more in dividends than in pensions contributions. But what does this mean? Should firms be reducing their dividend payments, or is there another solution to the deficit problem? In episode four of PI in a Pod, Sara Benwell speaks to one of the authors of the report, Bob Scott, to find out more.
In episode three of PI in a Pod former publisher and editor, Maggie Williams, reflects on a decade in pensions and gives us her predictions for the future
In episode two of PI in a Pod the Pensions Insight team delve behind the headlines on the collapse of BHS to get to the heart of what it really means for pensions.
In the first ever episode of PI in a Pod, host Sara Benwell is joined by special guests Hugh Nolan, president of the Society of Pensions Professionals and Rosalind Connor, partner at Arc Pensions to discuss the thorny issue of Brexit and what it means for pensions