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Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard
The total mortality impact of the pandemic: Until a vaccine and beyond
The Covid-19 pandemic death toll has already passed 1 million globally, with the UK recording 60,000 excess deaths during the first wave. The total mortality impacts however, are likely to be much broader - impacts on chronic disease care, changing population behaviour and wider drivers of mortality - and felt over longer time periods. Jonathan explores what the pandemic might mean for mortality trends over coming years.
Fran Bailey & Steven Taylor
Trustees and sponsors: Working together in times of crisis
Covid-19 has caused significant challenges to trustees and sponsors of DB pension schemes. With seemingly competing priorities, how can parties work together to forge effective solutions, and how could this shape longer term strategies? Fran and Steven talk through how this can work in practice, offering up creative and collaborative solutions to solving complex problems, drawn from our recent trustee and corporate experiences.
Claire Jones
Climate scenario analysis: Enabling action in the face of uncertainty
Trustees are expected to manage climate-related risks and opportunities to their pension scheme. But how do you do that when there is so much uncertainty? Claire will explain how scenario analysis can be used to navigate the uncertainties by offering alternative perspectives of what the future might look like, and hence guide trustees in deciding on the actions to take.
David Millar
The secret art of listening to members
The need for member communication has never been greater. But is communication the same as telling people things, or is there another way to engage with your audience? From existing DB members to new DC members, there are a few simple things that trustees might consider in order to make scheme communications more effective.
Sam Jenkins
Superfunds and other innovations: The spectrum of options available to schemes
Sam considers the latest developments in the emerging superfund market, with a focus on how superfunds fit within the wider spectrum of de-risking options now available to pension schemes. With many sponsors under increasing pressure given the developments in 2020, new options to help schemes manage their risk are more important now than ever.
Steve Webb
Help to make the regulatory weather – or get rained on!
Former pensions minister Steve Webb discusses the large volume of pensions legislation and regulation coming down the track and how this could have a material impact on schemes and sponsors. He explains how best to shape government thinking and stresses the costs and risks associated with not engaging. He calls for pensions to be a bigger issue on the agenda of Boards and Finance Directors and sets out how LCP can help.
Anais Caldwell-Jones
Why invest in a climate tilted equity fund?
Anais talks about the benefits of investing in climate tilted equity funds and how they can help a range of investors (including DB and DC schemes) hedge against climate transition risk. She talks through how climate tilted equity funds can be constructed in practice and what a climate tilted equity portfolio could look like.
Stephen Budge
A look to our DC investing future
Stephen takes a look at the future of investment in DC; how recent legislative developments and focus is increasing the range of accessible opportunities across the asset class spectrum; how larger asset pools are driving interest from managers and platforms; and how master trusts are slowly innovating in their charge restrictive world.
Jonathan Camfield
RPI reform: What actions should schemes consider?
On 25 November, the Chancellor is set to announce his decision on RPI reform. Whatever is announced is expected to have a significant long term impact on millions of pensioners (lower pension increases, in the long term), and a more immediate financial impact on most pension schemes (some positive, some negative). Jonathan will talk through the implications for trustees and employers.
The pensions dashboard
Our now virtual traditional annual conference sketch
With a pensions dashboard back on the agenda, it will eventually require schemes and other pension providers to submit data to a dashboard. So what are people doing in preparation for this? We join a Zoom meeting with the pensions manager and trustee of a pension scheme who are discussing a project with their pensions administrator - three people who have clearly mastered the techniques of online meetings...
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