In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Ben Farmer, presents the latest episode in our investment series, and is joined by Simon Jones, Partner, Mhairi Gooch, Senior Responsible Investment Consultant and Amy Sutherland, Climate Change Consultant here at Hymans.

During the episode, we explore our key Responsible Investment themes for 2023, and have a discussion on what should be on trustees’ investment to-do lists as a result.

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On… Understanding Longevity, Ben Johnson and Hande Love are joined by a special guest to give and discuss a medical update with a particular focus on strokes.

We are delighted to welcome Daniel Ryan to our podcast. He is the Managing Director at COIOS Health, a medical demographer, and brings with him 30 years of experience within the insurance sector. Our conversation will revolve around the top 5 causes of death in the UK, the key factors for improvements to stroke treatments and research, and we will also delve into the future forecast for the next decade concerning treatments for other causes of death.

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In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Ben Farmer, presents the latest episode in our investment series, and is joined by Shani McKenzie, Head of Sole Trustee Services, and Samora Stephenson, Head of Fiduciary Oversight at Hymans Robertson, and Sarah Leslie, Director and Partner at Ndapt professional trustees.

During the episode, we take a look at the evolving governance models for Defined Benefit pension schemes, the pros and cons of each model, and how the different approaches work in practice. We'll also share some insightful case studies.

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Ben Farmer, presents the latest episode in our investment series, and is joined by John Dickson, Partner and Ben Fox, Senior Investment Consultant.

During the episode, we discuss how investment strategies of DB pension schemes might evolve in the wake of the recent gilt market volatility, including the importance of objective setting and why LDI continues to have an important role to play.

In this episode of Hyman's Robertson On… our host Susan Black, Head of Governance, Administration and Projects, is joined by colleague, Ian Colvin, Head of LGPS Benefit Consulting and guests Dan Chessell and Amanda Crawford from Essex Pension Fund.

During the episode, we discuss workforce planning and what this might entail. Dan and Amanda will share their insights on the restructuring of the pensions team at Essex and the skills they believe are necessary for LGPS funds in the future.

This is the second episode in our series of Governance related podcasts for the LGPS. If you like this episode, be sure to give us a like and hit follow so you don’t miss future episodes.

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Ben Farmer, presents the latest episode in our investment series, and is joined by Elaine Torry, Co-Head of Investment Trustee DB and Chris Arcari, Head of Capital Markets.

During the episode, we discuss recent market events, what we might expect from the global economy in 2023, and what should be on trustees' investment to-do lists in 2023 as a result.

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... Kirsty Moffat, DC Investment Consultant, presents our latest DC quarterly round-up. In this instalment, Kirsty looks at our 2023 outlook for DC, Auto-Enrolment and the cost of living crisis and the latest news from the pensions provider market.

In this episode of Hyman's Robertson On… understanding longevity Ben Johnson and Hande Love are joined by two special guests to discuss longevity inequality.

We will be discussing collaboration between actuaries and researchers on longevity inequality. We are delighted to be joined by Dr Madhavi Bejakel - a Senior Research Fellow at University College London and Darryl Brundle, Head of Longevity Risk at Legal and General who will be discussing why longevity inequality is an important issue. We also dicuss how research has helped explain some of the contributing factors and the secrets of a successful collaboration between industry and academia.

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In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Ben Farmer, presents the latest episode in our investment series, and is joined by Tom Spence, Senior Investment Consultant, and Paul Richmond, Senior Solutions Specialist at Insight Investment.

During the episode, we review market events over the past few months and look at how these posed unprecedented challenges to all LDI market participants, as well as having a discussion on the steps that trustees can take to protect their schemes against future gilt market volatility.

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Ben Farmer, presents the latest episode in our investment series, and is joined by Mhairi Gooch, Senior Responsible Investment Consultant, and Thomas Hohne-Sparborth, Head of Sustainability Research at Lombard Odier.

During the episode, we discuss all things Net Zeo, including an examination of how pension schemes and insurers can translate theory to action when working to Net Zero, what a “good” Net Zero strategy looks like, and how this might develop over the coming years.