All Governance articles – Page 37
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News
PRI unveils revamped reporting framework
The Principles for Responsible Investment has fleshed out the details of the mandatory elements of its revised reporting framework, as it attempts to “demystify” the process ahead of its rollout later this year.
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Opinion
What happened to the ‘E’ part of ESG?
Environmental investing has had a difficult few years, and is often outweighed by governance considerations, as the latest edition of Investment Indicators examines.
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FeaturesRoyal Mail and M&S trim trustees to reflect membership
The Royal Mail and Marks & Spencer pension schemes have reduced the size of their trustee boards to ensure they are more representative of their membership.
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Features
Large DC scheme benefits from cutting fund choice
A 10,000-member DC scheme has improved its performance and boosted member engagement by slimming down the number of investment choices it offers.
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Features
Hackney fines employers to improve admin
The multi-employer scheme has been charging sponsors to encourage more accurate and timely data collection, improving scheme performance and cutting cost.
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Features
How to insulate DC assets from insolvency risk
Amid a slew of insolvency cases, Pippa Stephens looks at how defined contribution schemes can avoid being faced with defined benefit debt.
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FeaturesIBM revamps DC default to improve flexibility
IBM is offering greater flexibility to members in their investment choices, with higher and lower risk decumulation strategies available from May.
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Features
Improve member knowledge, regulator warns on DC
Defined contribution schemes risk punishment by the Pensions Regulator if they fail to tell members the impact of contributions on their retirement. Ian Smith looks at how DHL and others are meeting the challenge.
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Features
DC schemes dump trackers for multi-asset funds
Schemes have dropped equity trackers for better performing multi-asset and target date funds over the past five years, according to research published this week.
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FeaturesHow local authority schemes manage political risk
Following the loss of West Yorkshire Pension Fund’s chair at this month’s council elections, a number of local authority schemes outline what steps they take to ensure board continuity.
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Features
Healthcare scheme curbs losses with dynamic derisking
Pippa Stephens discovers how the General Healthcare Group (GHG) scheme prevented a five percentage-point drop in its funding position thanks to implementing an investment sub-committee and a triggered derisking strategy.
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Features
Schemes up governance after equalisation clashes
Amid a slew of equalisation disputes between schemes and past advisers, Pippa Stephens considers how schemes can improve their governance processes to reduce the risk of future litigation.
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Features
Diversification not just about assets, advisers warn
In this first instalment of our annual survey of schemes and their advisers, we look at how funds have diversified their investments – and where consultants see room for improvement.
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Features
PPG improves investment efficiency with fiduciary management
The PPG Industries pension scheme's move to fiduciary management has led to a quicker and more efficient investment decision-making process, according to its pensions director.
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Features
Stewardship Code to focus on ESG and lending
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to review the UK Stewardship Code this summer, and is expected to incorporate stock lending and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
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FeaturesHeineken targets quicker changes with contract scheme
The beverages business has revealed it chose a contract-based rather than a trust-based defined contribution scheme to speed up its investment governance.
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Features
Greater Manchester prepares for 25% fall in membership
Greater Manchester Pension Fund has set up a working group to draw up an investment strategy in expectation of a much-reduced membership.
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Features
Regulator highlights DC failure over risk registers
The Pensions Regulator is planning to measure governance standards twice yearly after failing to increase the number of small schemes to have set up risk registers.