S3 Ep.19 The new government's agenda five months on by LCP

This week, David Fairs and Steve Webb talk to Lee Foulger, Director of Financial Stability, Strategy and Risk at the Bank of England about his career journey and the challenges of maintaining financial stability in a rapidly changing world.

We cover:

• The 2022 gilt market crisis

• The Bank of England’s final report of its system-wide exploratory scenario exercise.

• The challenge of going into retirement with significant mortgage debt

This week, Laura Amin is joined by Nathalie Sims, Partner and Head of Strategic Relationships at LCP, and Annabelle Hardiman, Head of Professional Corporate Sole Trustee Services at IGG, to talk about the evolving professional trustee and sole trustee landscape.

The episode covers:

• Trends and challenges in the professional trustee market, including the rise in sole trusteeship.

• Insights from the latest LCP Soul Mates survey on trustee market growth and regulatory focus.

• New models for delivering services to sole trustees, including IGGnite

• TPR's recent announcement about their engagement with the 10 largest professional trustee firms

This week, David Fairs is joined by Laura Myers, Head of DC at LCP, to talk to Kim Brown, Head of the Mastertrust and Independent Governance Committee (IGC) at Legal & General to discuss her perspectives on the pensions industry.

We cover:

• What Kim’s role at L&G looks like in practice

• The challenge of keeping abreast of changing regulation

• The importance of addressing pension adequacy

• Kim’s work with the Pensions Equity Group to close the gender pensions gap

In this special mini-series recorded live at the Annual PLSA Conference in Liverpool, we interview a range of special guests from around the pensions industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference. In this episode, we talk to Andy Fryer, Head of Proposition Development - Defined Benefit at Just.

In this special mini-series recorded live at the Annual PLSA Conference in Liverpool, we interview a range of special guests from around the pensions industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference. In this episode, we talk to Neil Bull, Executive Director of Market Oversight at The Pensions Regulator.

In this special mini-series recorded live at the Annual PLSA Conference in Liverpool, we interview a range of special guests from around the pensions industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference. In this episode, we talk to Iona Bain, Broadcaster, Journalist and Founder of the Young Money Blog.

In this special mini-series recorded live at the Annual PLSA Conference in Liverpool, we interview a range of special guests from around the pensions industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference. In this episode, we talk to Philip Smith, DC Director at TPT Retirement Solutions and Member of the PLSA Master Trust Committee.

In this special mini-series recorded live at the Annual PLSA Conference in Liverpool, we interview a range of special guests from around the pensions industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference. In this episode, we talk to Chris Hogg, former Trustee CEO at National Grid and Royal Mail.

In this special mini-series recorded live at the Annual PLSA Conference in Liverpool, we interview a range of special guests from around the pensions industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference. In this episode, we talk to former LCPer and current Chief Investment Officer at People’s Partnership, Dan Mikulskis.