All Consultants articles – Page 9
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Opinion
Does fiduciary management have a transparency problem?
Barnett Waddingham’s Simon Cohen, Buck Consultants’ Brian McCauley, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Carolyn Tavares, Russell Investments’ Shamindra Perera, Sackers’ Stuart O’Brien and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn cover transparency of fees and information, in the second part of this fiduciary management debate.
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Opinion
Is it possible to compare fiduciary managers on performance?
Barnett Waddingham’s Simon Cohen, Buck Consultants’ Brian McCauley, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Carolyn Tavares, Russell Investments’ Shamindra Perera, Sackers’ Stuart O’Brien and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn discuss performance, reporting models and metrics, in the first of a four-part panel debate on fiduciary management.
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Opinion
Trustee education: can training be engaging and insightful?
US president Thomas Jefferson said: "To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education." This has never been more pertinent to schemes.
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Opinion
How to evaluate your investment consultant’s impact
Muse Advisory’s Anne Kershaw looks at how trustees can evaluate the quantitative and qualitative impact that investment consultants have on schemes, in the latest edition of Technical Comment.
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OpinionEditorial: Measuring up
This week we consider how pension funds can consider performance in two areas of their investments: diversified growth funds and fiduciary management.
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Opinion
Four steps to a targeted, practical covenant review
In the latest edition of Technical Comment, Spence’s Marian Elliott runs through four steps that schemes can take to achieve a successful employer covenant review.
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Opinion
Break up or make up? How to handle a split with your advisers
In trying to get the best outcomes for members, schemes may have to dump advisers from time to time. This can be costly, stressful and time-consuming, so what is the best way to ensure a smooth transition?
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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
Stop making excuses on fiduciary management and demonstrate value
In this edition of Informed Comment, Cardano’s Emma Adair says the fiduciary management industry is not transparent enough on value, and calls on providers to publish their track records.
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News
Greater intermediary fee transparency needed to assess value, experts urge
News analysis: Investment management and consultant fees need to be more transparent to allow schemes to more accurately measure whether they are getting value for money, industry figures have said.
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Opinion
AE collaborations are a cop-out
In the latest Informed Comment Pension Playpen’s Henry Tapper scrutinises auto-enrolment provider-consultant collaborations.
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Opinion
Editorial: Building understanding
It was about the time that Steve Webb started rapping and holding up sandwich bags that I reflected on what I had learnt at the NAPF conference.
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News
Tesco ramps up in-house investment governance
Tesco Pension Fund chose to follow its internal investment team’s advice over that of its consultant when choosing an alternative fund, reflecting how large schemes are moving investment governance in-house.
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FeaturesHow local authority schemes manage political risk
Following the loss of West Yorkshire Pension Fund’s chair at this month’s council elections, a number of local authority schemes outline what steps they take to ensure board continuity.
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Features
PPG improves investment efficiency with fiduciary management
The PPG Industries pension scheme's move to fiduciary management has led to a quicker and more efficient investment decision-making process, according to its pensions director.
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Features
Consultant survey: Setting fixed income mandates
A survey of 12 leading investment consultancies has provided insight into how schemes can get the best out of their fixed income mandates.
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Features
More than two-thirds of buyout quotes fail to transact
Consultants and insurers have urged schemes to better prepare for derisking, following revelations that just one in three buyout quotations lead to transaction.
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Features
Consultant survey: Fixed income reappraised post-2008
In the first of four special reports, we look at how the UK’s leading investment consultants have changed their views of fixed income since the financial crisis.
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Features
More than two-thirds of buyout quotes fail to transact
Consultants and insurers have urged schemes to better prepare for derisking, following revelations that just one in three buyout quotations lead to transaction.