The PPI held a policy seminar on 8 October 2015 to launch its first report in a series of annual reports called The Future Book: unravelling workplace pensions [2015 Edition], which was commissioned by Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

The Future Book is the first edition of an annual PPI publication, which sets out available data on the Defined Contribution (DC) landscape, explores emerging trends and contains PPI projections of future asset levels, scheme distribution and median DC pot sizes. The Future Book provides commentary and analysis on DC trends by leading thinkers in the pensions policy world, all with an end-consumer focus.

The seminar was attended by around 70 people representing a broad range of interests within Government, the investment industry, the pensions industry and the third sector.

Jonathan Stapleton, Editor-In-Chief of Professional Pensions, chaired the seminar.

Daniela Silcock, PPI Head of Policy Research, presented the findings of the Research. To download the presentation, please click here. To read the full report please click here.

Chris Wagstaff, Head of Pensions and Investment Education, Columbia Threadneedle Investments presented an industry view on the research. To download his presentation, please click here.

Additional panel members were: 

• Adrian Boulding, Principal Consultant, Dunstan Thomas
• Trudy Netherwood, Food Policy Manager, Department of Health
• Thomas Brooks, Senior Policy Researcher, Citizens Advice Bureaux

To download the write-up of the seminar, please click here.