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In this episode of Hymans Robertson on... Understanding Longevity, Ben Johnsons is joined by Mark Cooper from Rothesay, Mark Sharkey from Club Vita and Helen Wells from Hymans Robertson to discuss how pension schemes and insurers may have different approaches to longevity.

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Amy Sutherland, presents the latest episode in our investment series, and is joined by Asad Rashid, Senior Investment Research Consultant at Hymans Robertson and Rosalind Smith-Maxwell, Senior Vice President at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners. During this episode, we discuss renewables infrastructure, the energy transition and the questions inv...

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On… Catherine McFadyen, Head of Public Sector Consulting, welcomes Damien Pantling from The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund and Victoria Plackett from Greater Manchester Pension Fund. During this episode, we discuss LGPS Funding, and where different funds have found themselves after the 2022 valuation exercise.

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Penny Cochrane, presents the latest episode in our investment series, and is joined by Ryan Bio-Genfi, Research Analyst, Ben Fox, Senior Investment Consultant at Hymans Robertson and finally, Rob Gall, Head of Market Strategy at Insight Investment Management. During this episode, we discuss quantitative tightening and it's impacts on the gilt mar...

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 the implications for pension schemes following the spring budget, a round-up of the various pension consultations and the latest news from the pensions provider market.

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 trus...

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 conve...

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 De...

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...

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 pens...

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...

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 R...

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 theor...

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On… our host Susan Black, Head of Governance, Administration and Projects (GAP), is joined by Ian Colvin, Senior GAP Consultant.  During the episode, we discuss all things good governance in the LGPS. We take a look back at the Good Governance project, discuss where we are now and do some future gazing, on what funds can be doing to get ready for new regulation...

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Ben Farmer, presents the latest instalment in our "route to buy-out" mini-series and is joined by Graham Jones and Tamaryn Driver, both Senior Investment Consultants at Hymans. During the episode, we discuss all things DB Master Trusts, including the role DB consolidators can play in smoothing out the process of risk transfer and wind up. 

In the latest episode of Hymans Robertson On...we are back for the fourth instalment of our 'Understanding Longevity' series, where we talk about all things longevity. Our host Ben Johnson is joined by two guests from the international longevity analytics company Club Vita - Jenny Haid, CEO and Erik Pickett, Actuary and Chief Content Officer - to discuss how longevity issues compare on both sides...

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host Kirsty Moffat gives the latest quarterly updates on the DC market including inflation, the mini budget and the latest news from the pensions provider market. 

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On...Investment our host, Ben Farmer, presents the latest instalment in our “route to buy-out” mini-series, and is joined by David Watson, Investment Research Associate Consultant, and Priyesh Patel, Investment Actuary in the BPA Team at Standard Life, Part of Phoenix Group.  During the episode, we discuss how to structure an “insurer friendly” asset portfolio,...

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... Our host Ben Farmer presents the latest instalment in our Investment series and is joined by Hymans Robertson's Elaine Torry and Claire O’Neill. During the episode we discuss the different ways the UK Defined Benefit pension schemes can pass risk to insurers, and how this can form a key part of planning for their “end game”. Why is this such a pertinent to...

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Kathryn Fleming is joined by Mark Baker, Senior Policy Researcher at the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI), and Mark Ormston, Director of Propositions & Corporate Partnerships at Retirement Line. During the episode, we discuss the recent research from the PPI, which focuses on how future pensioners will use guaranteed income products. We’ll explore...

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On…, James Sheehan, Co-head of Digital Strategy, is joined by Jon Hatchett, Partner in Hymans Robertson’s DB business and Marcus Hurd, Partner and Managing Director of ndapt, the network of Professional Trustees. During the episode, we discuss the future of services for DB schemes - taking a long-term, visionary look at where the DB industry feels ripe for chang...

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 inflation, pensions dashboards and the latest news from the pensions provider market. 

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Ben Farmer, presents the latest instalment in our Investment series and is joined by Olivia Mooney, Responsible Investment Consultant, and Paul Chandler, Director of Stewardship at the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). During the episode, we discuss the importance of stewardship, take a look at what good stewardship means in practice a...

Have you ever wondered what cats, elephants and mustangs have to do with pensions and the digital needs of customers? Then check out episode 67 of Hymans Robertson On... to find out! Our host Victoria Panormo is joined by Andy Young and Neil Hugh from Standard Life for the latest episode in our mini-series on DC Master Trust providers.