PPI in the Press

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) is today publishing a Press Release on 'Engaging with ESG: The story so far'. At the beginning of this month (Wednesday 2nd December), the PPI published this Briefing Note which outlines the historical developments that have led to the current landscape of ESG investment in the UK, as well as establishing the current state of play and identif ...

Master trusts have been a major success story since the introduction of auto-enrolment. As the market matures, providers and master trust users have some new questions to address. To read the full article please click here to visit the REBA website ...

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) is today publishing a Press Release on 'Engaging with ESG', ground-breaking research, which will break through the confusion surrounding Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and climate change to identify actual barriers faced by schemes and practical policy solutions for helping schemes to engage in a more meaningful way.  To do ...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk factors are becoming an increasingly important consideration in pension schemes’ investment decisions. To read the full article please click here to visit Pensions Age website ...

Last month Guy Opperman, the pensions minister, announced the creation of a small-pots working group, tasked with making recommendations for future policy in the area of small deferred pension pots in defined contribution schemes. This follows a Pensions Policy Institute report, sponsored by Now: Pensions and published in July, which examined a number of alternative policy opt ...

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk-factors are becoming an increasingly important part of the investment decisions that UK trustees and pension providers must make. Not only are the financial implications of ESG factors becoming more apparent to UK investors, but regulation is also guiding them in this direction, at some speed. To read the full article please clic ...

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) is today publishing the sixth edition of its annual Defined Contribution (DC) compendium, The DC Future Book: in association with Columbia Threadneedle Investments (2020 edition). This report sets out available data on the DC landscape alongside commentary, analysis and projections of future trends. To download the full Press Release p ...

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) is today publishing a Press Release on 'What does COVID-19 mean for the triple lock and State Pension inflation?'. This Briefing Note, authored by Daniela Silcock, Head of Policy Research, explores the potential impact on the Government and on pensioners of moving from a triple lock to a different measure of inflation. To download the ...

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) is launching a research series to identify practical ways to improve ESG engagement among trustees and contract-based scheme providers. To download the full Press Release please click here. ...

Traditionally, UK price inflation was measured by the Retail Prices Index (RPI). However, perceived flaws led to the RPI being dropped in 2013, in favour of the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) which tends to rise more slowly than the RPI. To read the full article please visti the Portfolio Institutional website ...