All Fiduciary management articles – Page 7
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Opinion
How easily could fiduciary management be set up for defined contribution?
Now that fiduciary management is a well-established part of the defined benefit pensions market. Could it be expanded into defined contribution? Or are the demands of daily dealing too much? Six experts discuss.
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Features
How do you monitor fiduciary management performance?
Given the individualised needs of different schemes, how can you monitor fiduciary management performance? And is there any point in ranking them? Six experts give their views.
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Opinion
How has fiduciary management changed in the past year?
Which areas of the market is fiduciary management moving towards, and how is it defined? Six experts discuss what has happened in the fiduciary arena in the past year.
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News
Schemes embrace fid man, but not third-party advisers
Trustees are reporting high levels of satisfaction with fiduciary management, research from consultancy Aon Hewitt has shown, but some experts still raised concerns about appointments and monitoring.
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OpinionHow to make your providers work harder
Competition in the asset management sector is under scrutiny in the Financial Conduct Authority’s market study, but schemes can act now to get a better deal, says Avida International’s Paul Boerboom.
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News
Risk-averse DC members shy away from DGFs
At a Pensions Expert event this week, panellists debated how best to incorporate multi-asset strategies into defined benefit and defined contribution portfolios, agreeing that such strategies will become much more geared towards DC in the future.
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News
Fid man assets surpass £100bn but cynicism persists
Pension assets under fiduciary management hit £114bn during 2015, but independent trustees remain sceptical of the alignment of interests underpinning such arrangements.
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Opinion
How have the past 18 months changed fiduciary management?
Roundtable: William Parry from Buck Consultants, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Russell Investments’ David Rae, Ralph McClelland from Sackers and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn, discuss how recent changes in global markets have affected the fiduciary world, in the final part of this roundtable series.
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Opinion
How can we reassure trustees on the more complex aspects of delegated investing?
Roundtable: William Parry from Buck Consultants, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Russell Investments’ David Rae, Ralph McClelland from Sackers and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn, consider the more difficult elements of fiduciary management, in the second part of this roundtable series.
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OpinionFiduciary management: strategies, complexities and benefits
Roundtable: Five industry experts discuss the benefits, complexities and performance of fiduciary management, as well as the impact of market changes and volatility over recent months.
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Opinion
What are schemes looking to gain by hiring fiduciaries?
Roundtable: William Parry from Buck Consultants, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Russell Investments’ David Rae, Ralph McClelland from Sackers and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn, meet to discuss the pros and cons of fiduciary management, in the first of a four-part roundtable series.
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Opinion
How do trustees monitor strategies and performance in fiduciary management?
Roundtable: William Parry from Buck Consultants, HR Trustees’ Giles Payne, Russell Investments’ David Rae, Ralph McClelland from Sackers and Towers Watson’s Pieter Steyn, talk about how to monitor and assess a fiduciary manager, in the third part of the roundtable.
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FeaturesMNRPF takes proactive step to monitor its fiduciary manager
Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund has created a three-person oversight committee to monitor the performance of its newly appointed fiduciary manager, an area of scheme investment that is notoriously difficult to benchmark.
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Features
The Pensions Trust outperforms after investment governance change
Multi-employer scheme The Pensions Trust has changed its investment governance structure to reduce bureaucracy, beating its benchmark in the process.
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News
Existing ties still a powerful influence in fid man appointments
Competition for fiduciary management has been bolstered by a rise in open tenders but existing relationships continue to be a dominant driver behind schemes’ choices and questions remain over the value of the approach.
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OpinionSix test points for comparing fiduciary managers
JLT Employee Benefits’ John Finch gives six top tips for trustees to consider when choosing a fiduciary manager.
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News
Slow movers are risking returns, experts warn
Pension schemes risk losing potential returns by moving too slowly when changing investment strategy, with some waiting months between investigating and implementing, consultants have said.
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Opinion
Is fiduciary management right for your scheme?
The fast-growing world of fiduciary management can be a controversial topic for pension schemes.
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OpinionWhy schemes should seek real fiduciary management
What observations can we make as fiduciary management in the UK gets ready to take off its training wheels, with early adopters having racked up a few years’ experience and an ever-increasing acceptance of the model among UK pension plans?
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Features
How can small schemes get smart with LDI?
Aviva Investors' Mark Versey, Legal & General Investment Management's Laura Brown, KPMG's Simeon Willis, AMNT committee member and Lend Lease Pension Scheme trustee, Alan Gander, Pan Trustees' Mike Roberts, Buck Consultants at Xerox's Celene Lee and State Street Global Advisors' Howard Kearns, discuss how LDI can benefit small schemes given the correct advice, in the second part of this roundtable.