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In this series of fortnightly podcasts the Burges Salmon Pensions team will be joined by experts from across Burges Salmon and select special guests to discuss topical issues, the latest pensions news and insights and practical tips to help trustees and employers navigate the ever changing pensions landscape.
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In this episode of the Burges Salmon Pensions Pod, Chris Brown and Callum Duckmanton discuss how AI is shaping the future of pensions. They cover trustees’ legal duties, the benefits and risks of using AI, practical steps for implementation, and insights from a recent industry event. A must listen for trustees and pensions professionals looking to stay ahead in a changing landscape.
Regular host Chris Brown (Partner) chats with Richard Pettit (Partner) and Elena O’Leary (Senior Associate) from Burges Salmon’s Pensions & Lifetime Savings Team about benefit and documentation audits – how they can supplement benefit specifications and why trustees and employers of DB Schemes might want to consider one.
In this episode, Chris Brown is joined by James Fisher from Willis Towers Watson and our very own Kate Granville Smith as they discuss ESG issues for pension schemes, with a focus on environmental sustainability. The key topics of discussion include the importance of ESG for pension schemes, understanding trustees' fiduciary duties in the context of ESG, practical steps for trustees to manage ESG risks and opportunities, and legal obligations and regulatory guidance on ESG.
In episode 5 of season 5, our host Chris Brown is joined by Chris Flood, Managing Director at Interpath, who leads the employer covenant team across London and the South of England.
In this episode they discuss The Pension Regulator’s updated covenant guidance, described as the last piece of the jigsaw to help schemes carry out valuations under the new DB funding code.
Key topics covered include the biggest changes to the previous regime, how to approach proportionality, what you can do to prepare, contingent assets and “look through” guarantees.
In this episode our trainees round up latest news stories; looking at the Mansion House and Budget announcements, the consultation on draft regulations for collective defined contribution schemes and The Pension Regulator’s review of the second year of climate-related financial disclosures.
In this episode Chris Brown and Helen Norman discuss the assessment of fiduciary managers for DB Schemes with Peter Dorward, Managing Director of IC Select, part of IGG. In particular, they focus on what the relevant regulatory requirements are, what trustees should hope to achieve from assessing their fiduciary managers; and whether there is merit to delaying these assessments.
In this episode Chris Brown and Helen Norman discuss defined contribution investment with David Whitehair, Director of Institutional Business, UK DC at Janus Henderson Investors. They ask how the DC investment journey differs from DB and why is there so much interest in investment in private markets? With investment for UK growth high on the Government’s agenda, this is a very topical episode.
The episode is 27 minutes long.
In our first episode of season 5 of the Burges Salmon Pensions Pod, Helen Norman and Chris Brown are joined by Sarah Brown, UK Chief Actuary at Gallagher Benefit Services, to discuss the benefits of defined benefit risk transfer versus run-on.
Just like that we have reached the end of Season 4 of the Burges Salmon Pensions Pod.
The pensions insurance market has exploded over the last 12-24 months, so in our final episode Chris Brown and Helen Helen Norman are joined by Richard Hall, a partner at Argyll Covenant Advisory, to discuss insurer due diligence and how this can assist trustees.
With so many schemes now considering buy-ins/outs, Chris, Helen and Richard will cover:
What an insurer due diligence assessment is and what it can cover;
Why do due diligence on the insurer; and
The legal duties of trustees during a buy-in.
The episode is 19 minutes long.
In the latest episode of the Burges Salmon Pensions Pod, Chris and Helen are joined by Emma Moore (an Associate Partner at Aon) to discuss the gender pensions gap.
In this episode Chris, Helen and Emma cover:
What the gender pensions gap is;
Why it is so significant; and
Possible solutions for addressing the gap.
In our first episode of 2024 Helen Cracknell is joined by Luke Parry-Billings, a trainee solicitor in our pensions team to discuss how trustees could respond to the recent Virgin Media Ltd v NTL Pension Trustees II case.
The High Court considered the question of whether amendments made to rights to the payment of pensions and accrued rights to pensions in a contracted-out Scheme would be invalid in the absence of actuarial confirmation. This raises the question - What should trustees do next?
In this episode Helen and Luke cover:
A summary of the Virgin Media Ltd v NTL Pension Trustees II case and its upcoming appeal;
The questions that our clients are asking us in relation to the case; and
The different ways we are seeing trustees respond to the case.
The episode is 14 minutes long.
In the latest episode of the Burges Salmon Pensions Pod, Tom Whittaker a senior associate at Burges Salmon who is an AI specialist joins Chris Brown and Helen Cracknell to discuss what you need to know about AI in pensions.
In this episode we take it right back to basics (what is AI?) before looking at the current situation and what trustees and employers can be doing to get ready for AI to disrupt the pensions industry.
The episode is 23 minutes long.
Whether you know a little, a little bit more, or a lot about the recent Mansion House proposals, our latest podcast episode will have something for you.
Douglas Hogg, Client Director at Zedra joins our presenters Chris and Helen to cover two elements of the July Mansion House proposals… Using DB in productive finance and DB consolidation.
There is something for everyone, whether you are a trustee or an employer.
In this very special opening episode, our presenters Chris Brown and Helen Cracknell joined by our pensions trainee solicitors and apprentice to run through some of the latest pensions news stories.
Topics covered include the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, PPF’s Public Consolidator blog post, the UK-US data bridge, the Mansions House Pensions Summit, and a recent Ombudsman determination.
Chris and Helen will be returning to explore the latest key topics in the world of pensions. With bitesize episodes for Employers as well as for Trustees, they, along with special guests, will help you navigate the changing regulatory and legislative landscape.
Episodes will be released from Tuesday 14 November covering issues such as AI in pensions, the Mansion House reform proposals, all the latest news updates and much more besides.
It’s been almost five years since GDPR came into force and brought in huge changes for pension schemes and trustees.
In this 23 minute episode, Isaac Bedi from our data protection team joins Chris and Helen to discuss the post Brexit regime and what comes next for data protection and pension schemes. Topics covered include requirements around international data transfers and the recently reintroduced Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
In this very special episode, our presenters Chris and Helen are joined by not one but five guests! Our pensions trainee solicitors run through some of the latest pensions news stories . Topics covered include the evolving LDI crisis, the issues around deferred small pots and the Department for Work and Pensions’ Value for Money Consultation. The episode is 14 minutes long.
In our latest podcast episode Chris and Helen are joined by Richard Pettit, a partner in our pensions team who is also a member of the Pensions Regulator’s Industry Working Group for EDI, and Charlotte Osmond, a senior associate in our pensions team.
This 20 minute episode covers topics such as the Pensions Regulator’s strategy for EDI, the importance of inclusion in the context of pension scheme members and ways for trustees to promote EDI.
Whether you know a little, a little bit more, or a lot about the changes to the funding regime, our latest podcast episode will have something for you.
Paul Houghton, Partner and actuary at Barnett Waddingham, joins Chris and Helen to discuss the consultation on the draft funding code of practice for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. The episode is 32 minutes long.
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