Discussion

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: The Investment Governance Group has published its guidelines. Are these to be welcomed and what difference do you think this will make to pension schemes?

Helen Morrissey takes a look at some of the results of the Professional Pensions DC survey

Panellists discuss the recent Investment Governance Group (IGG)report and its wider implications for the industry

This month the panellists discuss the challenges of communicating with scheme members

This month the panellists discuss allocation trends towards fixed income and corporate bonds, and hidden problems with hybrid corporate bonds

Mercer pensions technical manager Rosie Kwok gives us the background for this month's discussion... The reduced Annual Allowance (AA) of £50,000 will apply from the 2011/12 tax year and this will be followed by a reduction in the lifetime allowance to...

This month the panellists discuss the arbitrage opportunities that come with QE, how insurers will help schemes cope with the switch from RPI to CPI, and their predictions of the effect of lower initial premiums paid on buy-ins

DLA Piper partner Ben Miller introduces this month's legal panel: The Independent Public Service Pensions Commission's interim report prepared by Lord Hutton, which was issued in October 2010, states that defined benefit (DB) schemes raise substantial...

This month the panellists discuss the impact of the growing corporate platform market, how group SIPPs can increase the cost effectiveness of provision, and the battle to overcome the myth of high charges

This month the panellists discuss the impact of unemployment and reduced spending, the future of the spread between prime and secondary properties, the long-term prospects of UK property, and their views on property debt opportunities