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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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Going paperless – a sustainable future for pension administration
How do your members receive, integrate, manage, transmit, secure and future-proof information when it comes to paperless pensions? Julie Walker explains why the adv…
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Occupational pension scheme governance: the next stage for internal controls
One of the key new aspects of governance is internal audit. It is important for trustees to understand the extent and scope of the statutory audit. While we await g…
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How professional is your professional trustee?
The Regulator published an industry consultation on the future of trusteeship and governance on 2 July 2019. One question asked is whether an accredited professiona…
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The UK’s largest schemes significantly downsize equity holdings
It is common knowledge that UK occupational defined benefit (DB) pension schemes have been slowly reducing their equity holdings over a number of years, but the res…
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Navigating the endgame
In its most recent funding statement, The Pensions Regulator indicated that it will be focused on ensuring DB schemes have an appropriate long-term funding target. …
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What pension schemes can learn from the Woodford saga?
Earlier this month, Woodford Investment Management suspended redemptions from the Woodford Equity Income Fund, in a move which surprised many of its investors. Alt…
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ESG investments and the role of trustees
ESG, or environmental, social and governance, is a hot topic at present for those who manage defined contribution (DC) pension schemes. Regulatory requirements from…
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The unintended consequences of DC consolidation: is bigger better and is less more?
The level of regulation, legislation and governance burden on DC schemes is increasing. Therefore, so is the level of associated operational cost and risk – leading…
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Helping members understand their transfer options
Transferring from a DB scheme is a major decision for members and there are many factors that should be taken into account. Simon Taylor offers advice to these memb…