All Eversheds Sutherland articles – Page 6

  • News

    United Utilities: charge cap could shield members

    2013-10-02T00:00:00Z

    United Utilities' pension manager has voiced support for a cap on fees as it would protect default fund members from the decisions of their smaller and potentially less well-informed employers.

  • News

    How to protect your scheme against payment errors

    2013-08-13T00:00:00Z

    News analysis: Legal experts have warned that schemes and employers could face paying out large sums to members due to incorrect pension estimates, with requests for advice on the issue increasing.

  • News

    Why the Hastings-Bass ruling could protect trustees

    2013-06-20T00:00:00Z

    News analysis: Schemes and their advisers do not have to fear a Supreme Court judgment that has been predicted to make it harder for trustees to rectify mistakes, lawyers have said.

  • News

    CDC working group studies Dutch and Swedish schemes

    2013-06-20T00:00:00Z

    News analysis: The government’s collective defined contribution working group has studied European models to potentially bring to the UK, but pension professionals have questioned employer appetite for the benefit structure. 

  • News

    Aviva plans GPP committee to boost governance

    2013-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Aviva is the latest insurer considering a trustee-type governance committee for its group personal pension to drive up standards and make its operations more cohesive.

  • Opinion

    Croydon eyes infrastructure as gilt alternative

    2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Elusive returns over the past few years have led many pension schemes to look to alternative investments. Croydon Pension Fund is hoping infrastructure will provide the right results over the long term