Aon Pensions Podcast

December 2020 – Focusing on distressed employers

In this podcast you will hear the key pension news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Ricky Marsh.

This month Ricky is joined by Aon’s Paul Heeley and Becky McGowan to discuss how schemes can protect themselves from sponsoring employer distress, including a look at The Pensions Regulator’s new guidance on this issue.

November 2020 – Focusing on the evolution of professional trusteeship

In this podcast you will hear the key pension news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Ricky Marsh.

This month Ricky is joined by Aon’s Nick Brinton and Laurence Hargrave to discuss the latest developments in the world of professional trusteeship, including the APPT’s new Code of Practice for sole trustees

October 2020 – Focusing on redundancies and pension scams

In this podcast you will hear the key pension news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Ricky Marsh.

This month Ricky is joined by Aon’s Andy Gaskell and Ben Roe to discuss how pensions can be used to support employers and employees who are going through redundancy exercises, and the growing risk of pension scams.

September 2020 – Focusing on reviewing objectives in a post COVID-19 world

In this podcast you will hear the key pension news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Ricky Marsh.

This month Ricky is joined by Aon’s Matthew Arends and Ryan Cox to discuss how the objectives of trustees, sponsoring employers and scheme members could all have been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Further information: Link to request In Depth scheme funding analysis [https://www.aon.com/unitedkingdom/retirement-investment/pension-scheme-funding-an-analysis-of-completed-va.jsp]

August 2020 – Focusing on Responsible Investment in a post COVID-19 world

In this podcast you will hear the key pension news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Ricky Marsh.

This month Ricky is joined by Aon’s Jennifer O’Neill and Lindsay Nickerson the latest developments in the world of Responsible Investment, including how attitudes to this topic have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Further information: Link to replay of “new normal” webinar [https://retirement.aonunited.com/InvestmentClicks_JUL20]

The Aon Investment team discuss the latest issues around credit markets.

July 2020 – Focusing on negative interest rates

In this podcast you will hear the key pension news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Ricky Marsh.

This month Ricky is joined by Aon’s Joanna Sharples and Tom Spence to discuss the possibility of negative interest rates, and what this might mean for both defined contribution and defined benefit schemes.

Bulk annuities – how to prepare your assets

In this fourth episode of our five-part podcast series exploring the risk settlement options available to UK pension schemes, Aon's risk settlement investment specialist Lucy Barron and Chris Martin of Independent Trustee Services consider how to prepare your assets for a bulk annuity transaction. Which investments work well when preparing for a buy-in or buyout, and which should be avoided? Listen in to find out more.

For more information visit: https://www.aon.com/unitedkingdom/retirement-investment/pensions-stability/risk-settlement/default.jsp

To enquire about your own scheme circumstances then email us at [email protected]

Podcast: Bulk annuities – is the market open for smaller transactions?

In this third episode of our five-part podcast series exploring the risk settlement options available to UK pension schemes, Aon’s risk settlement specialists Dave Barratt and Tiziana Perrella focus on the opportunities available for smaller bulk annuity transactions. What are the latest developments in the market and how can schemes get the attention of insurers? In particular, they cover Aon’s Pathway approach for smaller transactions accessing the bulk annuity market.

For more information visit: https://aon.com/unitedkingdom/retirement-investment/pensions-stability/risk-settlement/default.jsp

To enquire about your own scheme circumstances then email us at [email protected]

June 2020 – Focusing on the impact of COVID-19 on DC members

In this podcast you will hear the key pension news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Ricky Marsh.

This month Ricky is joined by Aon’s Ben Roe and Chris Inman to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on members of DC schemes, and the actions trustees and companies should be taking to help members deal with this.