All trustees articles – Page 5
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News
UK regulators launch value for money framework for DC schemes
Framework to allow trustees to compare costs and charges, investment performance and service standards
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Features
Pensions Insider: Improve your effectiveness by joining the inner circle
In the third of a series of articles aimed at empowering trustees, our insider outlines the importance of patience and networks in complex, illiquid transactions
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News
European scheme tenders direct equity mandate via IPE Quest
Plus: University scheme searches for sole trustee; Local authority seeks adviser
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TPR executive director makes case for trustees’ energy transition influence
David Fairs disagrees trustees can do little in the face of global temperature rises
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Chairs of pension schemes make net-zero statement of support
Statement ‘helps to amplify influential voice in run-up to COP26’, says coordinator A4S
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ABP to look for three full-time directors after governance switch
The three vacancies will be filled before the end of the year
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ABP trustee quits over oil and gas side job
The scheme’s accountability body told ABP it found Snel’s new side job ‘very problematic’
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Features
Pensions insider: A DIY approach could harm large transactions
In the second in a series of articles aimed at empowering trustees, our expert contributor describes how to diplomatically sidestep problems when your good in-house team isn’t right for a complex task
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News
New oil and gas job for ABP trustee draws criticism
ABP: ‘It is normal for our trustees to have side jobs’
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Best-performing UK fiduciary managers took more risk, says survey
‘Trustees should hold fiduciary managers to account. It is easy to assume the managers will run the journey plan, but the trustees are still responsible’
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News
Lay trustee role increasingly difficult to sustain, industry says
The role has changed significantly in recent years due to increased governance requirements
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UK’s trustee association launches climate change committee
Chaired by Tegs Harding, director at Independent Trustee Services (ITS), the committee will include Nigel Hill of Pi Pension Trustees, Marcus Hurd of ndapt, and Andrew Cole of BESTrustees
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DWP consults on pension schemes’ approach to ‘social factors’
Pensions minister turns his attention from climate change to the ‘S’ in ESG
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Trustees are lowest paid in pension scheme management: PwC survey
The average pay of a trustee who is not a board chair, but is likely to have additional responsibilities such as chairing a sub-committee, is £30,000 a year
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Investment consultants offer guide to assessing their climate competency
‘Trustees need to know their advisers are on the front foot’
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: How trustees can create practical carbon journey plans
Dealing with climate change is a responsibility we all share – but trustees may be wondering how they get from their starting point to the required end-goal. This ‘carbon journey’ needs a plan.
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News
Campaign group’s RI bill tackles fiduciary ‘best interests’ duty
Model legislation would also require UK government to set up ‘UK Council for Investor Due Diligence’
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Dutch pension trustee pay hikes continue
The Pensions Rating Agency study found pay increased by 6% in 2019
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New code of practice aims to raise sole trustee standards
The code outlines how sole trusteeship service providers need to evidence robust governance structures
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Collaborate to combat climate change, trustees urged
Aon’s head of responsible investment says pension funds of all types and sizes should consider collaborative action on environmental risks