National Employment Savings Trust chairman Lawrence Churchill talks trustee duties and the right way to invest.
Large fund managers look to cooperate over corporate governance
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March 4, 2012
Asset managers and large pension funds have called for a committee to give them a collective shareholder voice, in their response to the Kay Review.
FSA clamps down on transfer mis-selling
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March 4, 2012
Scheme members have lost £800m over the past five years and stand to lose a further £20bn over the next five through being mis-sold pension transfers.
Fraudster forced to waive 25% of pension
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March 4, 2012
A “fraudster and forgerer” has been forced to pay 25% of his pension to creditors after conning them into lending him money to invest.
Schemes pour out of equities for diversified growth
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March 4, 2012
A growing number of small and medium-sized schemes are ditching up to 70% of their equities for diversified growth funds (DGFs) to avoid market volatility.
Actuarial 30: conflicts of interest, Solvency II and enhanced annuities
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February 28, 2012
This month's Actuarial 30 survey asks the panel to what extent schemes should rely on a single provider, whether recent Solvency II advice has brought greater clarity to defined benefit, and if enhanced annuities are in schemes' best interests.
Pensions industry divided on small pots
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February 26, 2012
More than half the pensions industry want small-pot transfers to change so "the pot follows the purse", a poll of defined contribution managers has revealed.
Shareholders: we cannot tackle bloated exec remuneration
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February 26, 2012
Giving shareholders principle responsibility for tackling executive remuneration will not work, fund mangers and corporate governance experts believe.
Government to make firms publish single executive remuneration figure
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February 26, 2012
The government will introduce a new single value for directors’ overall annual remuneration, which could prevent them receiving hidden in-lieu-of-pension payments.
LGPS ditches active management
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February 26, 2012
A local government pension scheme (LGPS) is selling active equity positions and buying passive, following the failure of active management to perform to benchmarks.
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