All Governance articles – Page 36
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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.
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News
Tesco ramps up in-house investment governance
Tesco Pension Fund chose to follow its internal investment team’s advice over that of its consultant when choosing an alternative fund, reflecting how large schemes are moving investment governance in-house.
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Opinion
Editorial: Embracing apathy
This year’s eight annual Leadership of Pensions Summit left in its wake quite a few lessons, and some surprises too, about how pension schemes and policymakers are meeting today’s industry challenges.
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News
BofA scheme boosts member engagement to give greater retirement certainty
Bank of America Merrill Lynch UK Pension Plan has upped member engagement through online tools that enable workers to make changes to their pension plans, to give them greater certainty over their retirement income.
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News
Pressure grows for improved default fund standards
News analysis: Focus on the design of default funds has sharpened following government and industry plans to explore new minimum standards, but the process presents challenges, industry experts have said.
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News
Fidelity appoints PTL for mastertrust governance
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has appointed PTL as the professional trustee of its mastertrust in a move that will see the governance of the scheme run independently, as employers look to manage potential conflicts of interest in the structure.
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Opinion
How to build a SIP for contract-based DC
Muse Advisory’s Mark Hodgkinson sets out the advantage of a statement of investment principles for DC schemes, and what it might comprise, in the latest Technical View.
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Opinion
Sea change needed to lift contract governance to trust standards
Governance committees could soon be mandatory for contract-based schemes, but will still bear weak comparison with trustee boards, argues Gordons’ Ruth Bamforth in this edition of Informed Comment.
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Features
Bedfordshire offers representation for academies
Bedfordshire Pension Fund has decided to offer academies “observer” status on its pension committee, with the schools representing a growing and increasingly scrutinised proportion of local authority scheme membership.
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News
Deciphering the DWP's select committee response
News analysis: The government's response to its select committee pensions report, released on Friday, included plans to have a defined ambition framework in place by 2016, as well as increased governance demands.
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NewsWind-up: avoiding union and member backlash
Winding up defined benefit schemes or changing members’ benefits has become a working reality for some management teams, as employers decide to cut costs and offload risks in a tough environment for scheme funding.
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News
Survey: half of DC schemes failing investment duty
Data analysis: Consultants have raised concerns over a lack of investment focus from defined contribution schemes, after research found little more than half of schemes had recently reviewed their investment principles.
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Opinion
Three models for constructing your investment committee
What powers should be devolved to your investment committee? It depends on which model of investment governance you have, argues Muse Advisory’s Anne Kershaw, in the latest Technical View.
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News
Dorset uses LDI loophole to avoid 'unfit' LGPS regs
Dorset County Pension Fund has set up an “expensive” special investment vehicle to circumvent troublesome Local Government Pension Scheme regulations, as it works to manage inflation.
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News
Aviva plans GPP committee to boost governance
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.