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About this webinar:
Six months on from the beginning of lockdown in the UK, the impact of Covid-19 on defined contribution pension savings and investment strategies is starting to become clearer.
While some have stopped or reduced pension contributions during the crisis, many have maintained or even increased the level of retirement savings.
But the coronavirus has also had an impact on DC investment strategies – and an increasing number of schemes are using the pandemic to review their default offerings to members, considering among other things the role ESG plays in scheme portfolios at a time when issues of social responsibility are increasingly coming to the fore.
This webinar will assess how DC schemes are beginning to change their investment strategies in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic – asking if the turbulence of the last few months has merely changed the timescale for existing investment plans or led to a more fundamental review of strategy.
It will also look at how ESG is coming even more to the fore at the current time – and how DC schemes should now be integrating ESG factors in their strategies – as well as assessing the investment implications of the government’s review of the default fund charge cap, which was launched earlier this summer.
As well as this it will also discuss illiquid investment in DC and the challenges such investments have faced during Covid-19 but also ask why, despite the long-term merits of illiquid investments for DC and a regulatory push in this area, it appears we are now further away than ever from widespread adoption of this asset class.
Presenters
Jonathan is editor of Professional Pensions and has been reporting on UK occupational pensions since 2001. He has won a number of awards during his career, most recently the SPP Trade Journalist of the Year Award in 2019. He is also holder of the PMI's Retirement Provision Certificate.
Brown leads the DC business at Columbia Threadneedle, with responsibility for DC clients, business development and investment proposition
Nico is the Chief Investment Officer at B&CE. Previously, he was Head of Defined Contribution (DC) Investment at Willis Towers Watson, and Head of DC for the Barclays staff pension scheme.
He also chaired the Resource and Environment Board and is a member of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Council.
Nico is a qualified actuary and has published papers on resource depletion and monetary sustainability – working to ensure climate change and other sustainability issues are understood and acted upon by actuaries where appropriate.
Chris leads Aon's DC investment advisory service as well as being a member of the DC investment committee. As part of this role he is responsible for ensuring that the investment consulting services provided to DC pension plans in the UK evolve to meet their changing needs and are tailored to the unique requirements of their members. He also has an active role in 'thought leadership' with a large focus being on the translation of the best investment ideas available to the market into investable strategies for all of Aon's DC clients. Chris brings a truly global perspective with his formative years in the investment industry spent providing investment advice and managing assets of DC pension plans in Australia, the Middle East and North America.
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Jonathan is Head of Redington’s DC & Financial Wellbeing team. He has worked in the workplace pensions and savings industry for over 18 years. Prior to joining Redington, Jonathan held senior positions in pensions (Head of Investment Strategy for Zurich Corporate Savings), consulting (senior consultant for Willis Towers Watson) and asset management (Head of EMEA DC for Dimensional Fund Advisors). In addition to his role at Redington, Jonathan is an indepdent trustee on Aviva’s Master Trust, a position he has held for 2 ½ years. He also chairs the Investment sub-committee and is a member of the Risk sub-committee. Jonathan is CFA charterholder (2005) and holds the Diploma in Financial Planning. He graduated from Bristol University with a BA (Hons) in Ancient History.
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