I made this. All of it. It is not an exhaustive list, as some items are not available online or I don’t have access to pdfs. However, if you click on the links below, you will see some of my articles.
2023
APRIL 2023
Outside China, where should insurtech innovation focus in 2023?, China in Focus supplement, The Digital Insurer, April 2023
Next generation will live beyond their means in retirement, Pensions-Expert.com, 04 April 2023
MARCH 2023
Bank of England: LDI strategies need 250bp collateral buffer, Pensions-Expert.com, 30 March 2023
TPR publishes EDI guidance for scheme trustees and sponsors, Pensions-Expert.com, 29 March 2023
DB funding code is full of unintended consequences, Pensions-Expert.com, 27 March 2023
LCP toughens up its ESG policies, Pensions-Expert.com, 24 March 2023
Use dashboards delay to achieve ‘dramatic improvements’ in data, Pensions-Expert.com, 22 March 2023
DC members want better access to ESG investment strategies, Pensions-Expert.com, 21 March 2023
Living pension: Fighting poverty with better retirement saving, Pensions-Expert.com, 21 March 2023
Budget 2023: Chancellor’s box of tricks makes LTA disappear, Pensions-Expert.com, 15 March 2023
Beware the ideas of March – or perhaps embrace them, Pensions-Expert.com, 14 March 2023
Asset managers must up their game on engagement and diversity, Pensions-Expert.com, 14 March 2023
Rising costs of retirement income not necessarily all bad news, Pensions-Expert.com, 10 March 2023
New PPI report backs alternatives for DC investment strategies, Pensions-Expert.com, 9 March 2023
Gulf of inequality: Little progress on women’s pensions gap, Pensions-Expert.com, 8 March 2023
Latest dashboards delay is catastrophic for consumers, Pensions-Expert.com, 6 March 2023
Pensions minister delays dashboards and resets plan, Pensions-Expert.com, 2 March 2023
Cost of living crisis is compounded by apathy in the workplace, Pensions-Expert.com, 2 March 2023
FEBRUARY 2023
Pensions admin: No longer the Cinderella function, Pensions-Expert.com, 28 February 2023
Asset managers failing to combat crises, Pensions-Expert.com, 28 February 2023
Travel towards endgame has accelerated, Pensions-Expert.com, 24 February 2023
Buoyant DB pension funding environment may hasten endgame, Pensions-Expert.com, 15 February 2023
TPR lead reviewer appointed, Pensions-Expert.com, 13 February 2023
DECEMBER 2022
SEPTEMBER 2022
China in Focus in depth: Insurtech valuations – what’s holding back a recovery?, The Digital Insurer, 21 September 2022
Interview: Dominique Roudaut, a venture capital view on insurtech from Silicon Valley, The Digital Insurer, 21 September 2022
JUNE 2022
APRIL 2022
The case for the defence, Trustnet magazine, April 2022
MARCH 2022
FEBRUARY 2022
Ageing China, China In Focus, The Digital Insurer, 24 February 2022
Blockchain in insurance: Is China leading the way?, China in Focus, The Digital Insurer, 24 February 2022
JANUARY 2022
DECEMBER 2021
How can employers assess value for money in a DC pension?, Employee Benefits, 14 December 2021
How Suez Recycling and Recovery UK measures the value of its pension scheme, Employee Benefits, 14 December 2021
NOVEMBER 2021
Underwriting innovation, China in Focus, The Digital Insurer, November 2021
Ping An Health case study, China in Focus, The Digital Insurer, November 2021
OCTOBER 2021
SEPTEMBER 2021
Bigger should mean better for DC pensions, Raconteur Pensions & Retirement, 26 September 2021
What does a cashless society mean for insurers?, The Digital Insurer, September 2021
No jab, no job – can platform firms insist their workers take anti-Covid measures?, PlatformsIntelligence, September 2, 2021
AUGUST 2021
How will delivery platforms be affected by the relaxing of Covid regulations, PlatformsIntelligence, August 20, 2021
JULY 2021
How can Western insurers succeed in China?, The Digital Insurer, July 2021
CEO interview: Axa in China, adapting, evolving, The Digital Insurer, July 2021
MAY 2021
MARCH 2021
Easing riders, Trustnet, March 2021
FEBRUARY 2021
Hot property, Business & Management, February 2021
JANUARY 2021
The lost decade, Trustnet, January 2021
OCTOBER 2020
Sim cities: Has property been disrupted?, Trustnet, October 2020 (cover feature)
Up and running, but standing still, Business & Management, October 2020
SEPTEMBER 2020
MARCH 2020
Collecting coins, Trustnet, March 2020
JANUARY 2020
For your own good, Trustnet, January 2020
DECEMBER 2019
Why trustee power over ESG is limited, Professional Pensions, 11 December 2019
OCTOBER 2019
Tools of the trade, Trustnet Magazine, October 2019
JUNE 2019
MSIG – Global evolution of the insurance industry, The Digital Insurer, June 2019
All fall down (feature on going into administration), Business & Management, June 2019 (cover story)
APRIL 2019
The businesses too big to fail, Business & Management, April 2019 (cover story)
MARCH 2019
Insurtech: 10 trends for 2019, KPMG/The Digital Insurer, March 2019
FEBRUARY 2019
How high is too high?, Business & Management, February 2019
JANUARY 2019
NOVEMBER 2018
Could co-sourcing be the answer to rising pension admin woes?, Pensions Expert, 28 November 2018
OCTOBER 2018
SEPTEMBER 2018
Global Investor Luxembourg Roundtable, Global Investor, 26 September 2018
Diabetes insurtech: BaoWan Case Study, The Digital Insurer, 26 September 2018
JULY 2018
ESG: Which European clubs are in the top division, Candriam website, July 2018
JUNE 2018
The new banking paradigm, Business & Management, June 2018
How green is the World Cup?, Candriam website, June 2018
Cost transparency roundtable, PLSA Viewpoint magazine, June 2018
MAY 2018
A game of risk, Institutional Real Estate Europe, May 2018
Not hot air, Trustnet magazine, May 2018
MARCH 2018
Drive change, Business & Management, March 2018
FEBRUARY 2018
Is Australia the ‘super’ provider?, Raconteur Workplace Pensions report, The Times, 28 February 2018
DECEMBER 2017
What schemes can do to drive value for members, Pensions Expert, 11 December 2017
NOVEMBER 2017
THE MEANING OF LIFE 2: The UK life company business model in the context of dramatic changes to the political landscape and the investment and private-sector pensions market, 20 November 2017
Drawing a blank, cover story on income drawdown market, Trustnet, November 2017
JULY 2017
Selling up, selling a property abroad, RBS ContentLive, July 2017
JUNE 2017
MAY 2017
An open approach, FS Focus, May 2017
APRIL 2017
A credit to their generation, Financial World, April/May 2017
Will the slashing of fees exacerbate the advice gap?, Pensions Expert, 05 April 2017
MARCH 2017
My cup runneth over, Trustnet Magazine, 27 March 2017
Meet the €653bn global CIO, CapitalWatch, March 2017
FEBRUARY 2017
5 minutes with…Mark Polson, CEO, the lang cat, FS Focus, February 2017
JANUARY 2017
Central banking hits the buffers, FS Focus cover story, January 2017
Making the coverage count (cyber risk), FS Focus, January 2017
5 minutes with…Gina Miller, FS Focus, January 2017
DECEMBER 2016
The right bait (FS incentive plans), FS Focus, December 2016
Mumbles and grumbles (FCA complaints trends), FS Focus, December 2016
Fork in the road (impact of Brexit on insurance industry), FS Focus, December 2016
5 minutes with…Baroness Ros Altmann, FS Focus, December 2016
NOVEMBER 2016
5 minutes with…Mark Mullen, CEO, Atom Bank, FS Focus, November 2016
OCTOBER 2016
Replicating for success (AMNT op-ed), Pensions Age, October 11, 2016
SEPTEMBER 2016
The end of the rainbow, Trustnet Magazine cover story, September 2016
AUGUST 2016
Master trusts: A DC default for the future, IPE, September 2016
JULY 2016
JUNE 2016
Exciting cities: Bristol, RBS Content Live, June 2016
More detail emerges on pensions dashboard, Pensions Expert, June 06, 2016
Go online: Payroll and payslips in the cloud, Sage Exchange, June 2016
MAY 2016
Will the BHS fallout ring alarm bells across the corporate sector?, Pensions Expert, May 25, 2016
Weird and wonderful, Trustnet Magazine, May 2016
Agriculture and ATED: Are you aware of your liabilities?, RBS Content Live, May 2016
APRIL 2016
Technology in SME finance, RBS ContentLive, April 07, 2016
MARCH 2016
Vortex of change – PLSA investment conference 2016 report, Pensions World, March 21, 2016
FEBRUARY 2016
When it’s gone, Trustnet Magazine, February 2016
How to appoint a professional trustee, Professional Pensions, February 03, 2016
JANUARY 2016
A rough guide to getting the best out of your financial adviser, Engaged Investor, January 21, 2015
DECEMBER 2015
Uncharted territory, Portfolio Institutional, 16 December, 2015
NOVEMBER 2015
End product, Trustnet Magazine, November 2015
How high earners are locked out, Pensions Insight, November/December 2015
All under one roof: insourcing LDI, Portfolio Institutional, 04 November 2015
How companies can alleviate risk, Raconteur workplace savings supplement, November 01, 2015
OCTOBER 2015
The X Factor (What makes a good fund manager), Trustnet Magazine, 20 October 2015
The problems facing AVCs in a post-DB world, Professional Pensions, 14 October, 2015
Low volatility equities: How low can you go?, Portfolio Institutional, October 06, 2015
SEPTEMBER 2015
What is a benefits package worth?, Reed Viewpoints – HR & Management, September 2015
A guide to mastertrusts, Pensions Insight, September 2015
AUGUST 2015
Guidance guarantee, EQ Magazine, Winter 2015
The engagement challenge, EQ Magazine, Winter 2015
JULY 2015
Collecting coins, Trustnet Magazine, July 2015
Doing it all with beta, Portfolio Institutional, July 03, 2015
LDI: Heading to safety, August 2015 Portfolio Institutional cover story, July 30, 2015
JUNE 2015
Dealing with difficult sponsor relationships, Professional Pensions, June 17, 2015
DB schemes face decision over AVC funds, Pensions Expert/Financial Times, June 15, 2015
MAY 2015
The allocation illusion, Portfolio Institutional, May 2015
APRIL 2015
Theatre funding: post-recession Britain, ICAEW website, April 2015
Getting the CETV process right, Professional Pensions, 29 April, 2015
Measure twice, cut once, Election 2015: The wisdom of crowd?, special report from the Chartered Insurance Institute, April 2015 – read whole report here
Living longer, investing smarter, NAPF investment conference roundup, Pensions World, April 2014
MARCH 2015
Looking to the future, European Pensions, March 2015
Getting the foundations in place, Portfolio Institutional, March 03, 2015
FEBRUARY 2015
Platform change, corporate platform survey, Pensions World, February 2015
JANUARY 2015
The globalisation of inflation, Portfolio Institutional, January 28, 2015
Wealth trends, regional wealth in the UK, Raconteur, January 2015
Guidance guarantee, EQ magazine, January 2014
DECEMBER 2014
The future of hedge funds, Portfolio Institutional, December 09, 2014
NOVEMBER 2014
Crunch time, Trustnet Magazine cover story, November 2014
Growth: the final frontier, Portfolio Institutional, November 18, 2014
Moving towards the monetary brink?, Pensions Expert, November 12, 2014
Spoilt for choice, Portfolio Institutional, November 2014
OCTOBER 2014
Small business leaders hail auto-enrolment success, Financial Adviser, October 22, 2014
How to election proof your portfolio, Trustnet Magazine, October 2014
Race for solutions picks up pace, IPE, October 2014
How to avoid the Pensions Ombudsman, Engaged Investor, October 2014
SEPTEMBER 2014
JULY 2014
Spain and gain – is now the right time to buy a holiday home in Spain?, p45, Investazine, July 2014
Pension fund governance: Avoid the bear traps, IPE, July 2014
JUNE 2014
Choosing the sunnier option, EQ Magazine, June 2014
How to predict member outcomes in the new normal, The Specialist, June 2014
Escape the pensions labyrinth, Investazine, June 2014
MAY 2014
Equities, bonds and things, The Institutional Real Estate Letter, Amercias, May 2014
Equities, bonds and things, The Institutional Real Estate Letter, Asia-Pacific, May 2014
Equities, bonds and things, The Institutional Real Estate Letter, Europe, May 2014
FEBRUARY 2014
Risk, the silent killer, Reputation Matters, February 2014
Financial services technology, overview piece for supplement, Raconteur 2014
Corporate platforms on ice?, corporate platform survey, Pensions World, February 2014
DECEMBER 2013
Schemes face series of admin hurdles in 2014, Pensions Week, December 13, 2013
Measuring up, international pension systems, European Pensions, December 2013/January 2014
SEPTEMBER 2013
More room for growth, trends in buyout business, European Pensions, September 2013
Searching for support: the changing face of fiduciary management, Portfolio Institutional, 24 September 2013 ( (fiduciary management feature)
African investment: the next space for schemes, Professional Pensions, 12 September, 2013
A little more understanding, Employee Benefits Workplace Savings Quarterly, September 2013 (leader on financial education)
UK: a marriage yet to be made, IPE, September 2013 (infrastructure feature)
AUGUST 2013
Consultancy in flux, Pensions Insight, August 2013
Fiduciary management on trial, Pensions Insight, August 2013
MAY 2013
Preventing fraud, Pensions Age, May 2013
Longevity: Time to get the tradesmen in, IPE, May 2013
The Rise of Short Term Credit, a special report for Credit Today, May 2013
APRIL 2013
NAPF conference – game changer, Pensions World, April 2013
MARCH 2013
Financial education is power, Employee Benefits, 7 March 2013
How to sell real estate, The Institutional Real Estate Letter– Europe, March 2013
FEBRUARY 2013
Going for a song, Insolvency Today, Feb-March 2013
Shaky foundations, Insolvency Today, Feb-March 2013
Nothing going on but the rent, Insolvency Today, Feb-March 2013
Building steadily: what next for infrastructure?, Portfolio Institutional, February 2013
JANUARY 2013
LDI: A solution for the masses, Engaged Investor, January 2013
A quiet revolution, corporate platform survey, Pensions World, January 2012