All Trustees articles – Page 29
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OpinionWhen knowledge is power: how to manage your advisers
Independent Trustee Services’ Janine Wood looks at whether your consultant has too much say in your scheme and how that could change.
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FeaturesPanning for gold in an age of information
Any Other Business: The mounting complexity of pension trusteeship has been met by a surge of information and intelligence sources. But how can trustees be successful prospectors as they mine the industry for useful nuggets?
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FeaturesFujifilm develops its DC default fund approach
Fujifilm is overhauling its defined contribution default fund to improve its performance and relevance to members, as schemes continue to rethink DC glide paths following the pension freedoms.
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News
Is groupthink at play on your trustee board?
A desire for conformity could stifle debate in trustee meetings, new research has suggested, but industry experts say lay trustees are encouraged to challenge the status quo.
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Features
Market trends shaping liability management in 2016
Defined benefit pension schemes across the UK struggled with soaring liabilities in 2015, but industry experts have warned against a 2016 ‘bet on interest rates’ in what could be a bumper year for tackling risk.
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OpinionPensions Regulator: Our expectations of DC trustees
Talking Head: The Pensions Regulator’s chief executive Lesley Titcomb outlines what is expected from defined contribution trustees and how they can influence the new DC code of practice.
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OpinionHow DC trustees can determine ‘good value’
From the blog: Trustees of occupational pension schemes that provide money purchase benefits are now required to assess and report annually on the extent to which member-borne charges and transaction costs under their scheme represent good value for members.
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Regulator aims to 'eradicate surprises' with risk management guide
The Pensions Regulator has issued a practical guide on integrated risk management to help trustees assess and respond to covenant, investment and funding risks, but experts have said schemes will need additional help.
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FeaturesCash flow crisis: How to avoid becoming a forced seller
Sweeping closures of defined benefit schemes across the UK will limit the pain of future liabilities for sponsors, but have created a growing problem many pension funds have been slow to recognise: a cash flow crisis is on the horizon.
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Opinion
COP21: Three sectors pension funds should worry about after Paris
From the blog: With a binding climate agreement likely to be signed at the COP21 summit in Paris this month, UK pension funds need to be aware of which companies and sectors are managing their climate risks, and which are not.
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Opinion
DC design: Six graphs on employers’ direction of travel
From the blog: It’s time to turn words into action. While schemes have been extolling the feted ‘better member outcomes’, little movement is taking place to turn hopes and dreams into components of success.
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Trustees and IGCs gifted with new tools to aid DC reporting
Trustees and committees overseeing defined contribution arrangements have been thrown a line with new reporting templates to help them meet their governance obligations, but some argue a comparative framework could further strengthen the assessment of value in DC.
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Opinion
Why the training debate should centre on pro rather than lay trustees
As the Pensions Regulator sharpens its focus on finding a suitable model for the 21st century trustee, PMI’s Tim Middleton explores the growing trend towards professionalising the role.
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News
Could regulator findings spell the end of lay trustees?
Schemes with only professional trustees are better run, research from the Pensions Regulator has today suggested, but experts have said schemes should not overlook the value of their non-professional counterparts.
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How to engage your scheme with the press (or not)
Any Other Business: The pensions industry is very well served by the trade press and even national papers. But for schemes, talking to the press can be a daunting prospect, so when is best to do it and how can mistakes be avoided in the process?
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News
Fifth of schemes have not updated DB transfer communications
Close to a fifth of defined benefit schemes have made no changes to the way they inform members of their ability to transfer out of the scheme since the freedom and choice reforms.
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News
'Pointless' legislation risks trapped surpluses if schemes fail to act
Defined benefit scheme trustees must pass a resolution ahead of April 2016 if they wish to retain their current power to repay surpluses to their employer sponsors.
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FeaturesShowstopper or sunken soufflé? The recipe for a successful trustee event
Any Other Business: The great and the good of the pensions industry will amass in Manchester this week for the National Association of Pension Funds’ annual conference, but what are the key event ingredients that trustees look for when choosing which events to attend?
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News
Regulator retreats from insolvency trustee appointments
Insolvency practitioners working for schemes' troubled sponsors are being encouraged by the Pensions Regulator to take the initiative in appointing trustees, which in many cases could shorten Pension Protection Fund assessment periods.
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Features
What prep have trustees made ahead of any tax changes?
Any Other Business: John McDonnell has laid bare his plans to end austerity and tackle the deficit by taxing the rich.