Policy Pulse: Adequacy, Investment mandation and the Advice Gap

In episode 4, season 6 of the Burges Salmon Pensions Pod, Chris Brown is joined by Paul Waters (Hymans Robertson) and Hercules Phillips to explore the latest in UK pensions policy. The discussion covers the revived Pensions Commission’s focus on adequacy (from 2 mins 41 secs), the Mansion House Accord and Pension Schemes Bill’s investment mandates provisions (from 12mins), and the FCA’s targeted support proposals to address the advice gap (from 22 mins 8 secs). The team also examines DB–DC crossover issues, including buy-out challenges and innovative uses of DB surplus (30 mins 42 secs).