All Governance articles – Page 11
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NewsAMNT updates red line voting policies due to regulatory changes
On the go: The Association of Member Nominated Trustees has updated its 'red line' voting policies to reflect industry and regulatory changes since the campaign was first launched in 2016.
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NewsIndustry bodies warn of 'consultation fatigue'
A number of industry bodies are concerned about “fatigue” from a deluge of consultations, Pensions Expert can reveal, warning that the sheer number of responses required, coupled with the short time-frames in which to prepare them, risks overwhelming their ability to respond properly.
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NewsOnly half of trustee boards conduct governance reviews
On the go: Only half of defined benefit scheme trustee boards review their effectiveness annually, which shows the industry still has some way to go when it comes to governance, according to Willis Towers Watson.
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NewsDWP presses ahead with TCFD rules in time for COP 26
The Department for Work and Pensions is to press ahead with new rules that will require trustees to report on their schemes’ climate change investment risks by October, but has introduced a number of changes and easements to the regulations after industry concerns.
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NewsBA signs 'first of its kind' £21bn deal with BlackRock
The trustees of the British Airways pension schemes have signed a deal with BlackRock that places the investment management company in charge of the day-to-day management of more than £21bn of assets.
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NewsGovt fixes NHS scheme rules to avoid hefty retirement bills
The government is to amend regulations to the NHS Pension Scheme that has seen hundreds of employers, including GPs, hit with charges for staff members who are in the last three years prior to retirement, which could amount to hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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NewsTPR: Trustees must ‘improve their understanding’ of liquidity risks
On the go: Trustees need to improve their understanding of liquidity risks and do more to monitor and mitigate against them, the Pensions Regulator has said.
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NewsTwo-thirds of schemes to increase allocation to social investments
On the go: Sixty-six per cent of pension schemes expect to increase their allocation to social investment passive funds over the next three years, new research has shown.
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NewsFiduciary managers survive Covid scare with strategies intact
On the go: Most fiduciary managers had positive returns in 2020 without needing to change their investment strategies in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, analysis from XPS has shown.
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OpinionInvestment oversight – trustees should ‘mind the gap’
IC Select managing director Peter Dorward outlines how trustees need to increase the oversight of their investment consultants and fiduciary managers in a way to comply with new regulations.
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OpinionThe defined benefit trustee cost challenge
Isio director Iain McLellan details how defined benefit scheme trustees should spend their increasingly constricted budgets to ensure good governance, and why sponsors should invest in their own scheme’s trustee board.
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NewsSPP, PMI criticise rushed code of practice consultation
The Society of Pension Professionals and the Pensions Management Institute have both criticised the timeframe of the Pensions Regulator’s consultation on its combined code of practice, raising the prospect of its flawed and costly implementation.
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NewsCo-op pensions aim to achieve net-zero by 2040
On the go: The Co-op has partnered with the Make My Money Matter campaign to engage with its employees in order to increase transparency on how their pension pots are invested and better understand their sustainability priorities.
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NewsEmployer data struggles hamper McCloud administration
On the go: Gaps in employer records are far and away the biggest data challenge for administrators looking to tackle problems like McCloud, according to a Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association poll.
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NewsLGPS assets drop 5% in 2020 as contribution income rises
Local Government Pension Scheme assets fell by 4.9 per cent in 2020 to £276bn, but funds saw increases in membership and contribution income, according to the most recent annual report from the LGPS Advisory Board.
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OpinionNow is the time for schemes to turn attention to social risk factors
From the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic to growing equality and human rights movements, the past year has brought many significant changes both in terms of behaviour and views relating to social factors.
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NewsExperts cite stewardship as more important than investment choices
On the go: A majority of leading pension figures believes that effective stewardship is more influential in tackling environmental, social and governance issues than in what is being invested, according to participants at a Law Debenture event.
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PodcastsPodcast: Pension schemes’ under-allocation to China is ‘anachronistic’
Podcast: UK pension schemes are too often under-allocated to China and missing out on the significant opportunities presented by its continued growth and development. There are, however, lingering environmental, social and governance concerns around investing in the “nominally communist” state, says RisCura investment consultant Lars Hagenbuch. He is joined by SEI Investments director Cyprian Njamma in an episode also covering Covid-19 mortality data and the Pensions Regulator’s proposed asset information reform.
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NewsCost Transparency Initiative sees 23% spike in schemes’ uptake
On the go: The Cost Transparency Initiative has recorded a 23 per cent increase in uptake during the past year, with 79 per cent of pension schemes now making use of its framework.
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NewsFRC slaps DB scheme auditor with £125,000 fine
A chartered accountancy firm and one of its partners have been slapped with a hefty fine for “pervasive failures” in the manner in which they conducted an audit of Associated British Engineering, which included shortcomings in the audit of the company’s defined benefit pensions scheme liabilities.