Developments in UK Pensions: What Matters, What’s Next, and What It Means for Ireland

The UK pensions landscape is changing rapidly. With the passage of the Pensions Act and major policy shifts underway, trustees, policymakers and industry leaders must now assess what lessons apply beyond the UK. Join Guy Opperman, former UK Pensions Minister, for a wide-ranging and practical discussion on the reforms reshaping pensions policy, scheme design and member outcomes.

Discussion topics include:

In-Scheme Drawdown: Proposed legislation allowing schemes to retain members into retirement represents a fundamental shift in responsibility. What challenges have UK retirees faced to date and how can schemes offer flexibility and choice while protecting members from longevity and sequencing risks?

Savings and Investment Union & the Mansion House Commitments: As the EU and UK seek to mobilise long-term savings into productive investment, we will discuss what progress has been made on the UK’s Mansion House commitments and the practical barriers to deploying capital at scale. 

Dashboards, Tracing and Small Pots: Ireland lacks a national pensions tracing system, but EU legislation is likely to accelerate change. We will discuss what makes a dashboard genuinely useful for members and how should improved visibility interact with policies on small-pot consolidation?

The Future of Small Defined Benefit Schemes: With no DB consolidator in Ireland, many smaller schemes are expected to run off over decades. What options exist in the UK and what models could be adapted, or avoided, for Ireland?

Value for Money: Cost, Quality and Innovation. As scrutiny of charges intensifies how do we ensure fair charges and protect quality, governance and innovation? What can the UK experience tell us about unintended consequences?

This webinar offers direct insight from a former Pensions Minister and a chance to reflect on what UK pension reforms mean for Irish schemes, now and into the future.

CPD

This event is allocated 1 CPD hour by the IAPF for on-going trustee training requirements. We will apply for 1 CPD hour from LIA, IOB and IIPM. 

If you have a query in relation to CPD, please contact the relevant bodies.