EQ Views

Capital Markets

EQ Bulletin – February 2021

03 February 2021

Welcome to our monthly bulletin of what’s happening within the regulatory environment that impacts the share registration and employee share plans space.

Employee Engagement

Responsible Reward For The Long Term: How To Create A Truly Responsible LTIP strategy

01 February 2021

Companies talk a lot about the environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda, but it’s questionable whether this is born out in executive reward strategy. Long-Term Incentive Plans (LTIPs) are still very much weighted towards financial measures of success.

Retirement Solutions

GMP Equalisation: Don’t Face It On Your Own

27 January 2021

For most defined benefit (DB) schemes, guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs) are at best a major headache, and at worst, something to be fearful of.

EQ Vision

Channel Vision

22 January 2021

EQ Chief Operating Officer, Thera Prins looks to the future, and considers how interactions with EQ will evolve this year and beyond. She predicts a rise in self-service whilst retaining channels of choice like paper, for those customers who want them.

Capital Markets

2020 IPO Review

20 January 2021

As we look back on market performance over 2020, we observe that the pandemic amplified something that had already begun to affect IPO activity in 2019: the revival of competition between east and west.

Employee Engagement

How To Take An Evidence-based Approach To Understanding And Prioritising Employees’ Needs

18 January 2021

Let’s start with the ‘why’ before we get into the ‘how’. Society has seen a broad change in recent years; change that has shaped expectations.