All Governance articles – Page 35
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Opinion
Why schemes waste money switching managers too often
In this week’s Informed Comment, Affiliated Managers Group’s Andrew Dyson explains why pension funds should not “react hastily” to medium-term underperformance.
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Opinion
Nest: the challenges we face in 2014
Talking head: Nest’s CEO Tim Jones looks at the day-to-day challenges facing the government-sponsored scheme, and how it is gearing up to meet the needs of this year’s stagers.
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Opinion
Spotlight on mastertrust governance intensifies
As more of the UK’s workers are set to be auto-enrolled into multi-employer workplace schemes this year, the industry’s focus has turned to ensuring these schemes are fit for purpose.
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Opinion
Tracking the rise and uncertainty of responsible investment
Socially responsible investment is undoubtedly gaining popularity among both asset managers and trustees.
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Opinion
How to manage your cash flows effectively
Inefficient cash flow management is prevalent among UK pension schemes, but also avoidable, explain Buck’s Simon Hill and Emma Lowry in this edition of Technical Comment.
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Opinion
How to get the right people to run your scheme
In this edition of Technical Comment, Jelf’s Mark Winstanley gives some pointers on getting the right mix of people and skills that is crucial to the smooth running of a pension scheme.
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Features
Essex merges functions after admissions rise
Essex Pension Fund has combined its employer, investment and administration teams into a single structure to deal with an increased number of employers joining the scheme.
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NewsImproved funding levels set off derisking triggers
Four in 10 schemes hit derisking triggers in the year to September as funding levels recovered and institutional investors looked to take risk off the table.
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News
How the DB code of practice may affect your scheme
News analysis: Schemes should take a more integrated approach to investment, funding and covenant in their risk management, according to the Pensions Regulator’s consultation on its defined benefit code of practice.
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News
LGPS given reform blueprint to cut costs
News analysis: Local government pension schemes are being called upon to increase governance and change investment structures to save taxpayers £1bn a year.
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Features
Encouraging trustees to embrace sustainability
News analysis: Industry experts are coming up with inventive ways to help schemes allocate more of their assets towards sustainable and responsible investments, but pension funds are lagging behind.
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News
Mid-sized charities heading towards 'poor' value AE
News analysis: More than half of small and medium-sized charities yet to auto-enrol have schemes with annual management charges greater than 0.5 per cent and face enrolling into “poor value” schemes, according to a report.
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Opinion
Mastertrust governance: the case for the defence
Letter: PTL’s Richard Butcher takes Now Pensions’ Morten Nilsson to task for his recent critique of mastertrust governance.
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Opinion
How to construct your fund’s SRI strategy
In the latest edition of Technical View, Mirova’s Jens Peers explores the best practice out there for schemes setting up their socially responsible investment framework.
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Opinion
Why not all master trusts deserve the name
Now Pensions’ Morten Nilsson discusses the problems with insurer-backed master trusts, and how employers can stop themselves falling for false promises, in the latest edition of Informed Comment.
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NewsUnilever creates DC committee to focus governance
The Unilever UK Pension Fund has set up a defined contribution committee to boost three key areas of management of its members’ savings.
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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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NewsThe Pensions Trust defends responsible investment policy
The Pensions Trust is writing to employers in its Social Housing Pension Scheme to defend its responsible investment policy, after it was challenged in August by a employer member on its allocation to a high-interest money lender.
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News
How the OFT report affects your scheme
The Association of British Insurers will audit contract and bundled schemes at risk of being poor value for members, following the Office of Fair Trading’s investigation into the market.
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NewsHow Molson Coors built flexibility into its default
Molson Coors UK Pension Plan has chosen dynamic asset allocation for its default fund to more effectively respond to market fluctuations.