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    Take control of risk with confidence

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    Super skilled scheme secretaries

    It’s easy for people outside of the pensions world to imagine that the role of a pension scheme secretary is largely made up of menial tasks. This is far from the t…

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    Trustee knowledge and understanding exercise

    Discover how our PEMS team helped a trustee board enhance its knowledge and effectiveness through a tailored Trustee Knowledge and Understanding exercise.

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    Maintaining scheme operations

    As trustees, ensuring operational resilience is crucial. TPR expects you to maintain scheme activities even during disruptions. But are you truly ready?

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    Own risk assessment: opportunity or compliance burden?

    As we become more familiar with what an Effective System of Governance entails, we look at the main questions emerging about the Own Risk Assessment.

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    Keep calm and carry on with the General Code

    With the publication of the General Code our message to pension scheme trustees remains – keep calm and carry on!

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    Improving your risk management process

    Our Pension Executive and Management Services team outline some of the ways they have helped clients evolve their risk management strategies.

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    Small steps along the road towards good governance

    We all know that to have a well-run pension scheme, you need to have good governance. What sometimes gets overlooked is the impact of actions taken by individuals. …

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    Light touch governance – a cautionary tale

    Is your scheme governance good enough? Or are you taking a relaxed approach and assuming nothing will go wrong? If the latter, assess your scheme against the 21st C…

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    Pension management: extra hands and fresh eyes

    Our national Pension Management team has a broad range of experience in the running of pension schemes and can provide tailored support as part of the client’s own …

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    Why the role of a specialist trustee scheme secretary is so important

    It’s easy for people outside of the pensions world to imagine that the role of scheme secretary is largely made up of arranging lunches, meeting rooms and taking no…

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