All Governance articles – Page 32
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Opinion
Issuing a 'trustee P45' – is firing scheme reps ever justifiable?
Any other business: Going against the grain is not necessarily a bad thing in a trustee; in fact it can be a necessary part of acting in members’ best interests.
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News
Academic backs call for IGCs to mirror trustee boards
NAPF Annual Conference 2014: Senior industry figures have called for independent governance committees to be more like trustee boards in their activities, to protect member interests.
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Opinion
'Education', salesmanship, and how to find the real deal
The oft-repeated phrase a journalist hears from an asset manager trying, often unsuccesfully, to garner support for a new product launch is, 'It's all about education'.
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Features
Tyne and Wear switches PE benchmark to limit relative volatility
Tyne and Wear Pension Fund has switched to using an absolute return benchmark for its private equity investments in a bid to reduce the relative volatility of returns.
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News
Lothian reports on governance reform
Lothian Pension Fund has completed the first full year of governance reforms designed to increase representation for stakeholders and strengthen processes.
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News
Taskforce recommends social impact investment for DC
Defined contribution pension schemes should offer members the option to include social impact investments in their portfolio, a government-led taskforce has said, but consultants foresee barriers to take-up.
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Opinion
Five reasons to improve your scheme data quality
There is no mystery to how we got to where we are with pension scheme data, or why the Pensions Regulator felt the need to intervene.
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Opinion
How can schemes judge DGF performance?
Kevin Frisby from LCP, JLT Investment Consulting's Allan Lindsay, Axa IM's Yoram Lustig, HR Trustees' Giles Payne, Aon Hewitt's Ryan Taylor and Bruce White of LGIM discuss how schemes can measure the performance of diversified growth funds, in the first of a four-part panel discussion.
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Opinion
Justifying the fees: How to get value out of your lawyers
Any other business: "The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, but that there are so many answers." This quote, attributed to Ruth Benedict, could easily be applied to the world of pensions law, where achieving consensus among lawyers is an almost impossible task.
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Opinion
How to deal with renegade trustees at your scheme
Any other business: It has been a month where companies, governments and journalists have been accused of a personal bias. How do you ensure your trustees leave their personal interests at the door?
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News
Smaller schemes combine service provision to reduce legacy burden
Leading benefit consultancies have reported more small to medium-sized schemes are bundling services under a single provider in response to a growth in legacy arrangements and to benefit from economies of scale.
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News
Risk management key trustee challenge as complexity criticised
An industry survey has shown understanding risk is the biggest challenge for defined benefit pension scheme trustees, sparking debate over whether trustees need more sophistication, or whether scheme choices need simplifying.
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Opinion
What the guidance guarantee means for your scheme
The Treasury’s proposals for more freedom and choice for individuals retiring with a workplace pension present one of the most complex set of challenges for scheme practitioners in recent years.
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Opinion
Confronting the scourge of the ever-growing meeting pack
Any other business: Is there a trustee out there that makes it through every page of their meeting bumpf?
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News
Personnel shortage anticipated for independent governance bodies
Independent governance committees could be hampered by a shortage of experienced professionals as contract-based scheme providers race to set up bodies by April 2015, with industry figures suggesting sharing personnel.
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Features
Scheme managers raise doubts on joint LGPS governance boards
Local authority schemes have raised concerns over whether incoming pensions boards can be combined with their existing section 101 committees, one of the options in the government’s consultation on governance in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
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News
DB steals limelight in 75% of hybrid scheme trustee meetings
Three-quarters of hybrid scheme trustees spend more time on their defined benefit offerings than defined contribution, sparking concerns that they are failing to respond to the shift to DC.
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Opinion
How to set up an investment subcommittee
One of the key responsibilities for trustees of both defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes is the investment of pension scheme assets.
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News
Nest sizes up green technology as it sharpens ESG focus
Nest is looking to benefit from a low-carbon economy through investments in green technology, in a triennial update of its investment beliefs announced today.
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Opinion
Time is running short. Regulators must provide detail on how to implement DC reform
It is difficult to recall a time when defined contribution pensions in the UK had to cope with more regulatory change.