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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

Pensions Insight


    • Nov 19, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    Episode 14 - Standard Life Investments - Rethinking DC default design

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2017 6:27


    Episode 13 - Diversification report- Bob Campion, Charles Stanley

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2017 11:29


    Bob Campion, senior portfolio manager from Charles Stanley discusses some of the findings from Engaged Investor's recent research into investment diversification.

    PI in a Pod: Episode 12 - Superfunds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2017 13:36


    Graham Vidler joins joins Jack Jones to discuss the PLSA's proposal for a new type of pension fund to absorb traditional DB schemes.

    PI in a Pod: Episode 11 - The Budget

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2017 16:38


    The PMI's Tim Middleton joins Jack Jones to dissect the Budget. This episode looks at QROPS, MPAAs, tax relief and National Insurance changes.

    PI in a Pod: Episode 10: From stressed to distressed

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2017 35:28


    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?

    PI in a Pod 9 - Auto-enrolment review

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 13:14


    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.

    PI in a Pod 8 - The cost of accrual

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2016 19:39


    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.

    PI in a pod: Episode seven - the Pension Schemes Bill

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2016 28:24


    The People's Pension's Darren Philp and Eversheds' Hugh Gittins discuss the Pension Schemes Bill with Jack Jones

    PI in a Pod: Episode six - Ros Altmann

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2016 17:51


    Former pensions minister Baroness Altmann opens up about her experiences in government, fears over current policy, and hopes for the future of pensions.

    Episode 5: DC code

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2016 20:58


    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.

    Episode 4: Deficits and dividends

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2016 15:44


    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.

    Episode 3: Reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2016 23:58


    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

    Episode 2: BHS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2016 22:57


    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.

    PI in a Pod: Episode one - Brexit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2016 31:14


    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

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