Aon Pensions Podcast

Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is an important topic for many. John Harney talks to Sue Austen, Partner at Aon, to find out the key insights from Aon’s Global Pension Risk Survey and understand the practical steps trustees and sponsors of pension schemes are taking on EDI to support better decision-making and risk management.

The data and analytics from our recent survey are now available here. We would be happy to talk to you about the findings, and to put them into context for your own pension scheme. We can also help you to understand where you need to take action to ensure your scheme achieves its target. If you would be interested in receiving a benchmarking report for your scheme, contact your Aon consultant or email us at [email protected].

How much progress have schemes made with implementing ESG factors within their investments over the last two years? Jennifer Michel talks to Jennifer O’Neill, Partner at Aon, to find out the key insights from Aon’s Global Pension Risk Survey and understand how schemes can best face ESG risks within their investment strategies.

The data and analytics from our recent survey are now available https://www.aon.com/gprs2023

We would be happy to talk to you about the findings, and to put them into context for your own pension scheme. We can also help you to understand where you need to take action to ensure your scheme achieves its target. If you would be interested in receiving a benchmarking report for your scheme, contact your Aon consultant or email us at [email protected].

April 2024 – Professional Trusteeship

In this podcast, you will hear the key pension news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Jennifer Michel and John Harney.

This month Jennifer and John are joined by Natalie Winterfrost from Law Debenture and Colin Richardson of Zedra to discuss the advantages and challenges of professional trusteeship, including sole trusteeship, as well as the future of this space.

Further information:

Email us your topic suggestions, comments and questions to [email protected]

How much progress have schemes made with GMP equalisation projects over the last two years? John Harney talks to Lauren Ramsey, Associate Partner at Aon, to find out the key insights from Aon’s Global Pension Risk Survey and understand how schemes can best navigate the challenges that can arise when completing GMP equalisation.

The data and analytics from our recent survey are now available here. We would be happy to talk to you about the findings, and to put them into context for your own pension scheme. We can also help you to understand where you need to take action to ensure your scheme achieves its target. If you would be interested in receiving a benchmarking report for your scheme, contact your Aon consultant or email us at [email protected].

March 2024 – The Revised PLSA Retirement Living Standards

In this podcast, you will hear the key pension news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Jennifer Michel and John Harney.

This month Jennifer and John are joined by Chloe Ludden to discuss the recent increase in the PLSA Retirement Living Standards and examples of what schemes are doing to help members with retirement adequacy.

Further information:

Read the PLSA Retirement Living Standards: [https://www.retirementlivingstandards.org.uk/]

Read the Pensions Policy Institute’s Paper: The Underpensioned: Defining the Gender Pension Gap: [https://www.pensionspolicyinstitute.org.uk/media/ysgmnwtl/20240207-underpensioned-defining-the-gender-pension-gap-final.pdf]

Watch Aon’s General Code Webinar Replay: [https://www.aon.com/unitedkingdom/retirement-investment/defined-benefit-pensions/webinar-replay-general-code-risk-management]

Register for Aon’s 2024 Pension Conference: [https://contact.aon.com/2024PensionConferenceSeriesRegs]

Agenda for Aon’s 2024 Pension Conference: [https://img.response.aonunited.com/Web/AonUnited/%7B7a2049e8-1da1-49c8-a46b-7b0b28c8bb1d%7D_Pension_Conference_Agenda_2024_Final.pdf]

Read the insights from Aon’s latest DC Pulse survey: https://img.response.aonunited.com/Web/AonUnited/%7Bc2c501ee-5eea-4c26-992d-9a4aa5050541%7D_DC_Today_Issue_3.pdf

Learn more about Aon’s DC Today surveys: [https://www.aon.com/unitedkingdom/retirement-investment/defined-contribution/dc-today]

Email us your topic suggestions, comments and questions to [email protected]

Member Options and Support

What are the latest trends in member options and member support? John Harney talks to Polly Cripps, Associate Partner at Aon, to find out the key insights from Aon’s Global Pension Risk Survey and understand practical steps trustees and sponsors of pension schemes can take to enhance the experience and outcomes for their members.

The data and analytics from our recent survey are now available here - https://www.aon.com/gprs2023

We would be happy to talk to you about the findings, and to put them into context for your own pension scheme. We can also help you to understand where you need to take action to ensure your scheme achieves its target. If you would be interested in receiving a benchmarking report for your scheme, contact your Aon consultant or email us at [email protected].

February 2024 – Pensions risk settlement: reflecting on a record-breaking 2023

In this podcast you will hear the key pension news from the last two months summarised by Aon’s Jennifer Michel and John Harney.

This month Jennifer and John are joined by Hatty Goodwin and Leah Evans to discuss the innovations and developments in 2023 in the DB pension risk settlement market, including exclusivity, investment and how things can vary depending on your scheme’s size.

Further information:

Read Aon’s Risk Settlement bulletin for Q4 2023: [https://www.aon.com/getmedia/a99fe231-a4a5-4a11-9c76-9daf47654cca/Aon-Risk-Settlement-Bulletin-Q4-2023.pdf]

Register for Aon’s 2024 Pension Conference: [https://contact.aon.com/2024PensionConferenceSeriesRegs]

Agenda for Aon’s 2024 Pension Conference: [https://img.response.aonunited.com/Web/AonUnited/%7B7a2049e8-1da1-49c8-a46b-7b0b28c8bb1d%7D_Pension_Conference_Agenda_2024_Final.pdf]

Read the insights from Aon’s latest DC Pulse survey: https://img.response.aonunited.com/Web/AonUnited/%7Bc2c501ee-5eea-4c26-992d-9a4aa5050541%7D_DC_Today_Issue_3.pdf

Take part in Aon’s biennial DC survey: [https://sg.aon.nl/s3/S1902987-Aon-2024-DC-Survey?EA=chandrashekhar.gadad%40aon.com]

Learn more about Aon’s DC Today surveys: [https://www.aon.com/unitedkingdom/retirement-investment/defined-contribution/dc-today]

Email us your topic suggestions, comments and questions to [email protected]

How have UK pension schemes been impacted by rising interest rates and the subsequent impact on funding levels and deficits? Hear key insights from Aon’s Global Pension Risk Survey to how UK schemes are reacting to this from Rupert Kotowski, an Associate Partner in Aon’s investment practice. Rupert also discusses the changes schemes are making to investment strategies and how many are dealing with ESG risk.

The data and analytics from our recent survey are now available here. We would be happy to talk to you about the findings, and to put them into context for your own pension scheme. We can also help you to understand where you need to take action to ensure your scheme achieves its target. If you would be interested in receiving a benchmarking report for your scheme, contact your Aon consultant or email us at [email protected].

Download the survey here - https://www.aon.com/gprs2023

Long term targets

In this podcast in our series on the Global Pension Risk Survey - UK results, Jennifer Michel speaks to Alastair McIntosh, partner and co-author of the survey, about the long-term targets of pension schemes. What are schemes aiming for as their long-term target and how do they expect to reach their goals?

The data and analytics from our recent survey are now available here. We would be happy to talk to you about the findings, and to put them into context for your own pension scheme. We can also help you to understand where you need to take action to ensure your scheme achieves its target. If you would be interested in receiving a benchmarking report for your scheme, contact your Aon consultant or email us at [email protected].

Highlights from the Global Pension Risk Survey – UK results.

In this podcast in our series on the Global Pension Risk Survey - UK results, Jennifer Michel speaks to Aon's Head of UK retirement policy, Matthew Arends, and partner and co-author on the Global Pension Risk Survey, Alastair McIntosh about the highlights of the survey. The main theme since the last survey took place two years ago is that respondents are addressing pensions risks across a multitude of different topics, covering liability risks, investment risks and a range of governance and operational risks. Find out what the top priorities are that schemes are focusing on.

The data and analytics from our recent survey are now available here. We would be happy to talk to you about the findings, and to put them into context for your own pension scheme. We can also help you to understand where you need to take action to ensure your scheme achieves its target. If you would be interested in receiving a benchmarking report for your scheme, contact your Aon consultant or email us at [email protected].