Always a Pensions Angle

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Join the team at LAPF Investments and Pensions Expert as they untangle the world of pensions.

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Episode Date
AAPA presents... The World Cup of Pensions (Part 2)
Jun 11, 2026
AAPA presents... The World Cup of Pensions (Part 1)
Jun 10, 2026
Spinning the Wheel of Pensions: LGPS, Dashboards and Retirement Living Standards
Jun 08, 2026
The Report, the Gap and the Robot in the Room
May 25, 2026
LGPS Interviews Special: Louise Jack
May 20, 2026
LGPS Interviews Special: Joe McDonnell
May 13, 2026
Live from the Pooling Symposium – A Pension Schemes Bill (Act!!) Special
May 08, 2026
Ping pong, Trojan horses and the Pension Schemes Act
May 04, 2026
Ping pong, poetry, and partial u-turns
Apr 20, 2026
Sunny in Fife, cloudy on salary sacrifice
Apr 06, 2026
LGPS Interviews Special: Nick Dixon
Mar 25, 2026
Pension Schemes Bill Special with shadow pensions minister Helen Whately MP
Mar 20, 2026
LGPS Interviews Special: Richard Tomlinson
Mar 18, 2026
Always a Pensions Angle: Live from Edinburgh!
Mar 13, 2026
It's Still Not Your Money
Mar 09, 2026
LGPS Interviews Special: Clair Alcock
Mar 04, 2026
LGPS Interviews Special: Peter Wallach
Feb 25, 2026
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Pension regulation, market oversight, and the forgotten workforce
Feb 23, 2026
LGPS Interviews Special: Trevor Castledine
Feb 18, 2026
Pool Power, Pension Gaps, and Political Promises
Feb 09, 2026
Probing Amendments and Panglossian Optimism
Jan 25, 2026
New Year, Same Bill
Jan 12, 2026
The 2025 Review: Bells, Bills and Brunel
Dec 22, 2025
Budget Leaks and Legislative Tweaks: Your Guide to a Chaotic Couple of Weeks
Dec 08, 2025
Rumours, Reversals… and a Really Big Budget
Nov 24, 2025
Introducing: Always a Pensions Angle
Nov 17, 2025
Should pension schemes invest in biodiversity?
Dec 06, 2022
2023 – Navigating Uncertainty
Dec 05, 2022
The Africa COP
Nov 30, 2022
Sadiq Khan on sustainable cities, finance – and COP
Nov 29, 2022
Was the Bank of England right to intervene during the LDI crisis?
Nov 24, 2022
Sustainable Views: How to speak ‘ESG’
Nov 15, 2022
What challenges do different asset classes pose for ESG investment?
Nov 09, 2022
Exploring Fixed Income Opportunities In Uncertain and Volatile Times
Nov 02, 2022
Trailer: Sustainable Views, the podcast
Oct 24, 2022
LDI, PLSA and PIPAs: looking back with Andy Cheseldine
Oct 21, 2022
How to transform an investment team
Oct 12, 2022
TPR should not regulate LDI despite pensions crisis
Oct 06, 2022
Webb: Opperman achieved but ‘got sidetracked easily’
Sep 23, 2022
Pension tax changes needed to save NHS from ‘rock bottom’
Sep 08, 2022
Trustees struggling to guide members on inflation benefits
Aug 26, 2022
Schemes struggle to educate members amid cost of living crisis
Aug 11, 2022
Ball in TPR’s court as DB funding code consultation launches
Jul 28, 2022
Providers delaying transfers are failing their customers
Jul 15, 2022
Schemes will have a tough job weighing up discretionary increases
Jul 01, 2022
LGPS faces affordability, engagement and policy challenges
Jun 16, 2022
Partial AE reform should be prioritised before long-term fix
May 19, 2022
Uncertainty around inflation leads to ‘casino pensions’
May 05, 2022
‘Pot follows member’ legislation needed to solve small pots problem
Apr 21, 2022
Natural capital can improve scheme returns but concerns remain
Mar 28, 2022
Spring Statement: Missed opportunity to support savers
Mar 24, 2022
Is this really the right time for auto-enrolment expansion?
Mar 10, 2022
How schemes can invest in wind and solar energies
Feb 28, 2022
Universal charges could harm master trust competition
Feb 24, 2022
Government must set a timeline for auto-enrolment expansion
Feb 11, 2022
Top tips for success at the PIPAs
Jan 27, 2022
DC focus must ‘fundamentally shift’ from costs to value in 2022
Jan 13, 2022
Schemes need to constantly engage with managers to achieve net zero
Jan 11, 2022
Solving the UK’s ‘underpensioned’ problem
Dec 21, 2021
Fiduciary trumps politics if divesting from ‘illegal Israeli settlements’
Dec 16, 2021
McCloud costs dispute could damage members’ morale
Nov 18, 2021
Inflation and Covid uncertainty temper PPF performance
Oct 20, 2021
Schemes’ trustees cannot ignore social factors risks
Oct 13, 2021
Mandating net zero could ‘cut straight through’ fiduciary duties
Oct 07, 2021
Understanding green and sustainable bonds
Sep 28, 2021
No way to avoid the indexation ‘rules lottery’ as inflation bites
Sep 24, 2021
Trustees need to address sponsor covenant climate risk
Sep 15, 2021
Industry ‘irritation’ with TPR’s code of practice could have been avoided
Sep 02, 2021
Covid-19 could have killed the PLSA
Aug 19, 2021
Market capacity may be barrier to DC scheme consolidation
Aug 05, 2021
TCFD helps schemes to understand financial risks
Jul 27, 2021
Too much jargon hampers sustainable investing drive
Jul 22, 2021
Tapping DC for Long-Term Assets Fund requires ‘rigorous’ scrutiny
Jul 08, 2021
Treasury ‘ignored advice’ in public sector pension reforms
Jun 24, 2021
Trustees should focus more on scheme admin in anti-scam fight
Jun 10, 2021
Police officers let down by poor McCloud communication
May 27, 2021
Pension schemes’ under-allocation to China is ‘anachronistic’
May 13, 2021
Illiquids not necessarily the answer for DC
Apr 29, 2021
Treasury admin fund could help tackle McCloud
Apr 15, 2021
Fairs: TPR’s criminal powers policy will evolve with experience
Mar 31, 2021
Uber decision poses challenges for master trust sector
Mar 18, 2021
Budget 2021: ‘Reckless conservatism’ in DB landscape
Mar 04, 2021
Timms calls for pension transfer rules change
Feb 18, 2021
Tackling climate change will require a ‘step change’ in governance
Feb 04, 2021
New powers in Pension Schemes Act could cause bankruptcies
Jan 21, 2021
Economic uncertainty and DC consolidation to mark 2021
Jan 07, 2021
Trustees advised to self-certify before Christmas
Dec 14, 2020
Industry needs to work together to sort out GMPs
Nov 27, 2020
Regulatory uncertainty puts workforce reform at risk
Nov 12, 2020
Three-step plan to fix NHS scheme
Oct 23, 2020
PPF eyes DB sponsors' deteriorating credit ratings
Oct 09, 2020
Arguments for DC consolidation stronger than for DB
Sep 25, 2020
DB schemes could be 'doomed to failure'
Sep 10, 2020
TPR to make changes to DB funding ‘fast-track’
Aug 20, 2020
Schemes cannot eliminate chance of cyber breach
Jul 24, 2020
Pension bill could have ‘unintended consequences’
Jul 10, 2020
PPF could face court case on benefits
Jun 25, 2020
Tough ESG investment choices for trustees
Jun 05, 2020
The end of ‘amateurish’ trusteeship
May 20, 2020
McClymont: Too many master trusts in UK
May 06, 2020
Vigilance urged over relaxed rules
Apr 23, 2020
Is 3-month DB holiday enough?
Apr 08, 2020
Webb: Budget must deliver for doctors
Mar 05, 2020
Regulator should take ‘softly-softly’ approach to DC consolidation
Feb 19, 2020
Govt and regulators urged to review chair statements
Feb 06, 2020
Vegan case flags importance of heeding members
Jan 21, 2020
What falling sterling means for pension funds
Aug 22, 2019
Tackling the 'long tail' of underperforming smaller schemes
Aug 15, 2019
The future of trusteeship
Jul 23, 2019
What the firefighters' and judges' case means for pensions policy
Jul 10, 2019
Putting a stop to unsuitable defined benefit transfer advice
Jun 26, 2019
How will investment pathways help consumers?
Jun 13, 2019
Are you doing enough to engage scheme members?
Jun 07, 2019
Is LGPS governance up to scratch?
Apr 02, 2019
How to select the right master trust
Mar 19, 2019
Improving the quality of professional trustees
Mar 11, 2019
How to approach the bulk annuity market
Feb 12, 2019
ESG: Trustee investment duties explained
Jan 24, 2019
A closer look at DB consolidation
Jan 09, 2019
Next steps for the pensions dashboard project
Dec 11, 2018
What can we learn from the Barnardo's outcome?
Nov 14, 2018
The Autumn Budget: Reaction
Oct 31, 2018
What does the future hold for LDI?
Oct 17, 2018
DC default design: Make sure you understand your members
Oct 03, 2018
How should trustees be monitoring their employer covenant?
Sep 18, 2018
What would be the impact of tighter regulation of actuaries?
Sep 05, 2018
What can be done to help savers achieve a better retirement income?
Aug 22, 2018
DB transfers: What trustees and employers should consider
Aug 09, 2018
PPF remains strong despite record liability intake
Jul 25, 2018
Should the FCA have brought in a charge cap for drawdown?
Jul 10, 2018
What next for the Pensions Regulator?
Jun 27, 2018
Guy Opperman talks AE, the self-employed and superfunds
Jun 12, 2018
Should member-nominated trustees be elected or selected?
May 30, 2018
How is LGPS pooling driving responsible investment?
May 16, 2018
Are trustees engaging suitably with fiduciary managers?
May 01, 2018
How will the UK's first pension superfund work?
Apr 17, 2018
Do savers want CDC?
Mar 26, 2018
Protecting DB pensions: The white paper’s proposals
Mar 23, 2018
Spring Statement 2018: What does it mean for trustees and savers?
Mar 14, 2018
Autumn Budget 2017: Reaction from the experts
Nov 24, 2017
Cyber security: Is your scheme protected?
Oct 31, 2017
How trustees and employers can support member decisions
Sep 03, 2017
A closer look at the main parties' pension proposals
May 25, 2017