All Trustee boards articles – Page 18
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Opinion
Conflict is good: what your trustee board could learn from Amazon
Any other business: Encouraging and making the most of conflict and disagreement is one of the key drivers of innovation at one of the world’s most high profile companies.
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News
One in seven trustees think sponsor relationship needs work
Around one trustee on each board feels their relationship with the scheme sponsor needs to be improved, according to a survey of 100 scheme representatives, conducted as fresh regulation seeks to strengthen this bond.
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Features
Half of schemes lack trustee training plan, survey finds
Two employers have explained how they make sure trustees are regularly trained, after a Pensions Regulator survey shows half of schemes do not have a training plan.
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News
Regulator considers stringent testing for indy trustees to raise standards
The Pensions Regulator is considering requiring formal qualifications for independent trustees and trustee chairs, in order to raise governance standards, its executive director told delegates at Wednesday’s conference.
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OpinionEditorial: Take the weight
There has been much discussion within these comment pages over recent years about the importance of driving up scheme quality in defined contribution schemes.
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Features
Push to extend trustee diversity efforts to company board selections
NAPF Investment Conference 2014: Pension trustee boards can provide a governance training ground for mid-level executives looking to get onto company boards, but diversity efforts have stumbled among member-nominated trustees, experts have said.
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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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News
Defence schemes 'future-proof' MNT governance
The Selex and AgustaWestland pension schemes have reformed their member-nominated trustee election processes to safeguard decision-making continuity for their beneficiaries.
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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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NewsKodak deal captures new age of sponsor-scheme creativity
News analysis: Purchasing assets from insolvent sponsors could become more common for schemes looking to secure member benefits, according to lawyers working on the Kodak case.
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Opinion
Diversity of thought needed on trustee boards
Diversification is a concept we are all very familiar with in the world of pensions. It is usually something we associate with investment, and we consider it a very good thing – diversification in investment is, in fact, often said to be “the only genuinely free lunch”.
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Opinion
Why trustees should be paid, and how much
The management and stewardship of a pension scheme is a time-consuming task and the burden on trustees is increasing.
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Opinion
How to build the ideal trustee board for members
The first point to make when considering the ideal size and composition of pension scheme trustee boards is there is no one-size-fits-all approach.
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Features
Diageo scraps MND tenure limit to retain talent
Diageo Pension Scheme has scrapped the time limit on the service of its member-nominated directors to avoid a talent drain, as schemes balance members’ democratic rights with continuity in decision-making.
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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
IBM cuts quarter of trustees to 'align' with industry
Following IBM’s decision to reduce the number of trustees to sit on its pension scheme board, Anna Lyudvig looks for the perfect number.
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FeaturesBBC election safeguards deter unsuitable MNTs
As the BBC scheme conducts its latest election for a member-nominated trustee, Wayne Grady looks at how the process reduces administration risk by making clear to candidates their accountability in office before allowing them to stand.
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Features
Large schemes tighten governance with trustee payments
George Coats discovers a growing trend among large schemes to remunerate non-professional trustees, as they seek to improve governance standards following an increase in complexity of the role.
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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
Why 83% of Arup members make max contributions
Since setting up a contract-based DC scheme last year, Arup has seen 83% of its members make maximum contributions. Owen Walker discovershow.