Long Finance's Distributed Futures research programme is pleased to announce the publication of the report, “Smart Ledgers & Collective Defined Contribution Pensions”Veterans of the UK pensions scene often describe a former world in which pensions were organised on a best efforts basis. They...

Written as a contribution to the Long Finance Meta-Commerce programme, this paper examines the way that discount rates are used for the evaluation and management of pension schemes.The authors describe the role and function of a discount rate, and critique the methods presently in use for...

This hard hitting response to the UK Government consultation on On Enabling Investment In Productive Finance comes just a few months after the modification of the charge cap, and concerns a proposal to exempt certain classes of illiquid private investments from the DC charge cap.The authors make...

This study examines how UK pension fund trustees interpret the concept of their fiduciary duties in practice and how these interpretations may shape pension fund approaches to corporate stewardship and engagement as envisioned by the UK Stewardship Code. Using the data from 35 in-depth,...