by Clear Path
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 [...]
by Clear Path
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 [...]
by Clear Path
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 [...]
by Clear Path
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 [...]
by Clear Path
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 [...]
by Clear Path
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’ [...]
by Clear Path
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 [...]
by Clear Path
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 [...]
by Clear Path
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 [...]
by Clear Path
November 30, 2010 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path
77% of pension scheme representatives have stated that optimising their management of data is a top three priority for 2011 as a result of the Record Keeping Guidelines and an [...]