Aon Pensions Podcast

Once you start getting towards the business end of a transaction, you are not immune from behavioural biases. How do you assess pricing and make the decision of whether to proceed? How do you assess different providers? In this podcast Behave London’s Hannah Lewis shares insights on how to look beyond the pain of paying and being attracted to familiar brands, and Aon’s Head of Risk Settlement Mart...

People suffer from regret aversion, in that they do not want to make a decision which may prove to be a mistake — and one they regret. Trustees and sponsoring employers may have reservations about taking action to reduce risk in case the risk never materialises. In this podcast Behave London’s Hannah Lewis shares insights on how to look at this bias in a different light, and Aon Partner John Baine...

People have a strong tendency to want to stick with the status quo, the current way of doing things. Anything which involves change or disruption is uncomfortable for our brains. In this podcast Behave London’s Hannah Lewis shares insights on how to break this mental deadlock and avoid getting trapped in the status quo. Aon Partner Mike Edwards shares insights from a de-risking context, and how sc...

Aon commissioned research with behvioural science experts Behave London, which looked into perceptions on pension scheme de-risking. This research identified that many trustees and sponsors had a lack of clarity on de-risking and the processes required, and also greatly evident were behavioural biases which acted as barriers to being better informed and able to make better decisions. In this Podca...

In this edition, Jim Tindale discusses the findings of Aon’s Global Governance Study which was carried out in association with the Amercian Benefits Council.

October 2019 – Focusing on Responsible Investment In this podcast, you will hear the key pension news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Victoria Panormo. This month Victoria is joined by Aon’s Tim Manuel who discusses the latest developments within Responsible Investing and what this means for pension schemes

Aon’s industry-leading Global Pension Risk Survey 2019 explores the asset, liability and other risks that DB pension schemes face and the actions they have taken in response. This podcast covers the high level findings from the first chapter of the Survey on long-term targets.

Retirement update September

Building the right support for your pension scheme In this podcast Aon experts Susan Hoare and Sarah Butlin discuss the steps trustees can make in identifying incremental changes that could improve the effectiveness of a trustee board. Once a trustee board is running well and making lots of effective decisions, the speed at which the trustees can operate is dependent on the level and quality of re...

August 2019 - Featuring a discussion on long term funding targets In this podcast you will hear the key pension news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Victoria Panormo. This month’s focus for the interview is on long term funding targets, for which Victoria is joined by Aon's Lynda Whitney. During this discussion Lynda explains some of the key issues and considers how in practice schemes are...

July 2019 – Focusing on professional trusteeship In this month’s podcast, Victoria Panormo summarises the key news from the past month, including is joined by Aon’s Nick Brinton to discuss Professional Trusteeship and the changes afoot. Victoria also discusses developments in the Pensions Dashboard project, takes a look at new DWP regulations amending trustees’ investment duties and discuss other...

June 2019 - Featuring analysis cyber security. In this podcast you will hear the key news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Victoria Panormo. This month’s detailed focus is on cyber risk, for which Victoria is joined by Aon's Paul McGlone. Week after week cyber attacks hit the headlines around the world, affecting individuals and companies alike. For organisations it is not just data and fin...

Your may edition of the Aon Retirement update, with your host Vicotria Panormo

In this podcast you will hear the key news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Victoria Panormo. This month's detailed focus is on risk settlement. For this discussion, Victoria is joined by Aon’s Karen Gainsford and Ben Harris. The risk settlement market has seen significant growth for some time now, with 2018 being a record breaking year seeing over £35bn of business placed. During this disc...

Episode 7: Aon DC & Financial Wellbeing Member Survey 2018: Low vs High Income To finish off our series examining outcomes from the DC & Financial Wellbeing Member Survey, Karina Klimaszewski and Adam Hayes discuss how situations differ for higher and lower earners. You can download your copy of the summary and sign up for your copy of the full report here https://aon.io/2RY8WWm

Whilst the gender pay gap is a familiar concept for most, in this episode Sophie Moore and Alison Leslie explore the less well-known gender pension gap. In recognition of International Women’s Day, our experts explore what members and employers can be doing to address gender pension gap issues, and highlight some of Aon’s research findings in relation to women’s financial wellbeing. You can downlo...

Episode 3 - Aon Retirement update - March 2019 by Aon

In this episode we discuss Making it happen. Victoria Panormo & Steven Leigh return to summarise the key takeaways from the research and discuss how you can enable individuals to achieve a healthy financial future. You can download your copy of the summary here www.aon.com/unitedkingdom/retir…g-member-survey.jsp and also sign up for your copy of the full report.

In this podcast you will hear the key news from the last month summarised by Aon’s Victoria Panormo. This months detailed focus is on the emergence of DB Consolidators. For this discussion Victoria is joined by Matthew Arends and Rhian Littlewood. Matthew and Rhian give an overview of what a Consolidator does and who the current consolidators are. You will also here valuable information on the key...

In this episode we discuss contribution rates and target setting with Sophie Moore and Adam Hayes, looking at what schemes and members themselves could be doing to ensure the end up with enough pension at retirement. You can download your copy of the summary and also sign up for your copy of the full report here https://aon.io/2RY8WWm

As part of Aon Retirement Solutions podcast series, Partner & Head of Aon’s UK Pension Administration Practice, Gary Cowler, takes us through the key issues around pension administration; the competitive landscape, market dynamics and impact of Pensions Freedoms. Aon has transformed its approach to meet the demands of this new environment; putting the focus on a robust operating model to deliver t...

In this episode we discuss the survey with Sophia Singleton and James Collier, looking at members aims and ambitions and what this means will retirement look like in the future. You can download your copy of the summary and also sign up for your copy of the full report here https://aon.io/2RY8WWm

In our inaugural monthly update, Aon’s Victoria Panormo summarises the key news from the last month. Victoria is also joined by Thomas Yorath and Jason Eshelby who review the developments on GMP Equalisation and the implications that this could have on your pension scheme If you would like further information on GMP Equalisation you can listen to our recent webinar here If you have any questions o...

In this episode we discuss the Aon DC and Financial Wellbeing Member Survey 2018 with Karina Klimaszewski and Alex Skinner as we look in depth at the Wellbeing section of the report. You can download your copy of the summary here https://www.aon.com/unitedkingdom/retirement-investment/defined-contribution/2018-dc-and-financial-wellbeing-member-survey.jsp and also sign up for your copy of the full...

In this episode Victoria Panormo and Steven Leigh outline some of the key takeaways from the Aon DC and Financial Wellbeing Member Survey 2018. You can download your copy of the summary here http://www.aon.com/unitedkingdom/retirement-investment/defined-contribution/2018-dc-and-financial-wellbeing-member-survey.jsp and also sign up for your copy of the full report. Sign up for your copy of the ful...