Latest articles from Stephen Richards

How to cope with increasing regulatory burdens

Stephen Richards

From the blog: Good governance is the bedrock of a properly functioning trustee board. However, it is evident that trustees are struggling under a governance burden, which stems from the need to comply with increasing legal requirements and ever more Pensions Regulator publications.

This takes already limited trustee time away from the issues that really matter, in particular: strategy, investment and proper engagement with members.

However, trustees can follow a blueprint for easing regulatory overload by making changes to their approach to governance in three main ways.

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Trustee liability and black swans

Stephen Richards

From the blog: The thing about black swans is that until you encounter one, you ignore the possibility that they exist – but in hindsight it’s all too obvious that they do. 

 

How would your scheme assets be protected in the event of loss by a custodian, for example?

 

Trustees normally have several layers of protection from liability, but that’s not the whole story.

 

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