All Governance articles – Page 22
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FeaturesIslington scheme to wind down carbon investment
The London Borough of Islington Pension Fund has agreed to reduce its investment in fossil fuels, following lobbying efforts from local environmental activist group Fossil Free Islington.
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DB governance: Small schemes fail to keep pace
Small defined benefit schemes are still lagging behind their larger counterparts when it comes to governance standards, new research from the Pensions Regulator has shown.
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OpinionSchemes must not let consultants hide behind advice excuse
We all know that trustees should assess the performance and value for money provided by their investment consultants – the real question is how to achieve this.
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OpinionESG should be default option for DC schemes
Pensions are a long-term game. Unless they opt out, graduates beginning their careers this summer will soon be investing at least £1 in every £20 they earn for nearly 50 years, thanks to auto-enrolment.
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OpinionTime for schemes to crack down on CEO pay
From the blog: A few weeks ago, the High Pay Centre released its annual report on executive pay at FTSE 100 companies. Unsurprisingly the report highlighted a large increase in chief executive officer pay from 2016 to 2017 – rising by 11 per cent.
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OpinionDC investment design: How to ensure good member outcomes
The UK defined contribution landscape has been shifting from evolution to revolution, where the rapidly increasing number of workers auto-enrolled in pension schemes has made DC the dominant form of pension provision.
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OpinionPASA outlines five pillars of DC administration governance
While I hope we’re long past the stage where anyone sees DC administration as ‘simple’ accounting, there is not, to my knowledge, any single source setting out the components and associated governance.
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OpinionHow to cope with increasing regulatory burdens
From the blog: Good governance is the bedrock of a properly functioning trustee board. However, it is evident that trustees are struggling under a governance burden, which stems from the need to comply with increasing legal requirements and ever more Pensions Regulator publications.
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NewsRentokil blames internal administration for £25k fine
Business services group Rentokil Initial has blamed its internal pensions administration for failures involving the Initial Hospital Service Limited No.1 Pension Scheme, which led to a £25,000 fine from the Pensions Regulator.
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FeaturesBarnet pension scheme votes to join the LAPFF
The London Borough of Barnet Pension Fund has voted to join the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, with the pension fund committee rejecting mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s manifesto push to bring London local authority pension schemes out of fossil fuel investment.
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Government sets out proposals for trustee ESG investment duties
Trustees will be expected to publish a statement on how they take account of scheme members’ ethical views, if proposed requirements floated in a government consultation are implemented.
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OpinionTime gap to stop fiduciary flipping looks CMA’s best bet
The Competition and Markets Authority has found evidence indicating “that a significant proportion of pension schemes buying fiduciary management have appointed their existing investment consultant to supply these services”. The CMA puts the proportion at 55 per cent.
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OpinionDeciding on the size of your trustee board
What is the ideal size for a trustee board? This is the most common question I have been asked in more than 18 years of advising trustee boards and their sponsors, and now as a professional trustee myself.
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OpinionDC should stand for decent contributions
From the blog: In recent years, regulators have put so much emphasis on the minutiae of defined contribution pensions that we seem to have forgotten about the bigger picture.
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TPR levies first fine on professional trustee
On the go: The regulator has disclosed that it has imposed a £3,000 fine against a professional trustee for failing to update their scheme’s register with news of their appointment.
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Rate of investment consultant tenders has plummeted, survey finds
Less than 3 per cent of pension schemes retendered for investment consulting services last year, compared to 18.6 per cent of schemes in 2008, according to research from selection specialists IC Select.
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OpinionRegulator must work with industry on professional trustee standards
Recent consultation exercises have shown that trusteeship has become increasingly segmented by the standards expected of those who fulfil the role.
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OpinionExpect as few as 15 mastertrusts within five years
The consensus in the pensions industry is that the mastertrust market is about to start shrinking – how quickly and to what extent is open to debate, but in the long run this can only be good for members.
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NewsCoats proposes merger of its UK DB schemes
Industrial thread manufacturer Coats has proposed a merger of its three UK defined benefit pension schemes to cut costs and increase efficiency.
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OpinionDesigning DC default funds for better outcomes
From active and passive investment management to member concerns and ESG – three experts, including a mastertrust director, a consultant and a finance director, debate the key issues facing DC default fund providers.