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Eight in 10 UK employees support PLSA pension reform plan 16 October 2023, Press Release A PLSA survey of 1,600 non-retired UK adults shows significant support from the public for policy reform. Eighty-five per cent think workplace pensions should give people an adequate income in retirement, 87% believe pensions should b... Read more

New charter signifies wide consensus for building better pensions 16 October 2023, Press Release The “Building a Consensus for Better Pensions” charter calls for major reforms to improve pension outcomes including setting clear objectives for the UK retirement savings system; protecting the value of the State Pension; bringing ex... Read more

Five Steps update: helping low earners 04 October 2023, Viewpoint Solving the issue that current policy settings do not promote people saving what they need to enjoy a decent retirement is the priority challenge for the PLSA, and indeed the pensions industry, today. The PLSA has dedicated a large am... Read more

Where is the private DB sector heading? 04 October 2023, Viewpoint For some time now there has been growing interest in the future of defined benefit (DB) schemes – from government, regulators, insurers, investment managers, consultants, and other interested parties. Current private sector DB landsca... Read more

Local knowledge 04 October 2023, Viewpoint Liz Graham How did you become involved with the PLSA’s Yorkshire Local Group? I’ve been a pensions lawyer for 30 years, and right from an early stage in my career I was encouraged to get involved with local groups, both in Yorkshire w... Read more

Destination 2035 04 October 2023, Viewpoint Our panellists: Chris Curry – Director, Pensions Policy InstituteGregg McClymont – Executive Director, Public Affairs, IFM Steve Webb – Partner, LCPCarol Young – Group Chief Executive, USS What do you think will be the two biggest cha... Read more

Training experienced trustees 03 October 2023, Viewpoint Who would benefit from parts 2 and 3 of the PLSA’s Trustee Training? Part 2 of the training is a practical course about putting theory into practice. Ideally, trustees would have around 12 months’ worth of trustee meetings to draw on.... Read more

Making the most of master trusts 03 October 2023, Blog The rapid growth of DC master trusts in recent years has considerably impacted how they operate. Regulation has also played an important role and, with a general election due no later than December 2024, pensions policy may be about t... Read more

PLSA supports pooling but warns of unnecessary risks if rushed 03 October 2023, Press Release The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) supports further transition of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) assets into pools but warns that the specific deadline for transition of March 2025 proposed by the Government ... Read more

PLSA makes appointments to board and policy board roles 28 September 2023, Press Release Jamie Fiveash from Smart Pension and Laura Myers from LCP will join the PLSA Board. The Board’s aim is to ensure the PLSA can deliver on its mission to help everyone achieve a better income in retirement. It sets strategy, allocates r... Read more

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