All Governance articles – Page 37
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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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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
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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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
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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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.
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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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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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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
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
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
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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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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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.