Research finds businesses are unprepared for auto-enrolment

January 31, 2012 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

Source: Nick Mann, The Actuary Over 70% of larger employers haven’t completed plans for pensions auto-enrolment with only nine months to go before the system begins to be put into [...]

Majority of large employers not ready for AE – Clear Path Analysis

January 31, 2012 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

Source: Ilonka Oudenampsen, Pensions Age Seventy per cent of larger employers have yet to finalise preparations for auto-enrolment, new research by Clear Path Analysis has found. Three fifths of respondents [...]

Employers fail to act on auto-enrolment advice as deadline looms

January 31, 2012 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

Source: James Cholmondley Farmer, IFA Magazine 70% of larger employers haven‟t completed plans for auto-enrolment Three fifths of pension scheme respondents are unsure about the true costs involved £11 million [...]

U.S. Plans Need Lead in Pension De-Risking

January 17, 2012 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

With the North American pension plan sector facing a funding crisis, the need for plan representatives and pension sponsors to catch up with Europe’s thinking in bulk buy-out transactions and [...]

BA to use iPad and iPhone to Promote Auto-Enrolment Scheme

January 17, 2012 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

As British Airways targets smart devices to improve engagement, Ian Smith analyses how are using auto-enrolment as a platform to promote their scheme. Source: schemexpert.com British Airways Planning to use [...]

Growth of 401 (k) Plan

January 9, 2012 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

DC pension plans are fast becoming the pension schemes of choice in North America, but fund choice and communication challenges continue to persist. A recent DC survey, with respondents representing [...]

The Fall of The DB Pension Plan

January 3, 2012 in Investment Strategy, Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

Active membership of private DB pension schemes has dropped by over 5m to 2.6m in 30 years. These figures are continuing to drop significantly, and Shell is the last of [...]

Boom Predicted in North American Pension De-Risking Market

December 2, 2011 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

It was almost one year ago that approval was granted for Canada’s first ever pension buy-out, and 5 months later the North American market saw its first completed buy-in/buy-out in [...]

ITV Buy-Out Draws Attention from Peers

November 15, 2011 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

With pensioners living on average two to three years longer than a decade ago, longevity swaps and vehicles for pension schemes to relieve their risk is now a ‘must have’ [...]

Should pension members be more responsible for good data management?

June 29, 2011 in Finance Technology, Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

68% of pension fund managers and trustees surveyed expressed a critical need for pension members to be more involved in updating their records to ensure data is of the highest [...]

Auto-Enrolment Causing a Frenzy in the Pensions Industry

May 29, 2011 in Finance Technology, Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

With the news that the UK’s largest organisations are set to receive their 18month auto-enrolment notice this week, employers will be intensely scrutinising their strategy in their preparation for the [...]

Pension Schemes Need to Prepare for 1,000 Year Olds

November 30, 2010 in Investment Strategy, Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path

Aubrey de Grey famous for his belief that the first person to live to 1,000 has already been born has stated that there is a 50% chance therapies to reverse [...]