Category Archives: IGC

The 2021 IGC reports – links, reviews and ratings

Posted on August 10, 2021 by henry tapper

I’ve completed my review of the 2020 IGCs and GAAs – 15 reviews of the reports I know of. It you run an IGC or GAA that I’ve missed, please send me your report. I doubt many IGCs have met … Continue reading →

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Phoenix Life’s IGC runs out of steam

Posted on August 8, 2021 by henry tapper

  Phoenix’s 2021 IGC report The Phoenix Group has not one, not two but three IGCs in operation. I have already reported on the IGC report for Standard Life and will also report on ReAssure’s IGC report. It’s easy to … Continue reading →

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Bench marking will challenge IGCs and raise their game!

Posted on July 8, 2020 by henry tapper

This blog is a follow up to my piece which asks whether the FCA has let the IGCs off with impunity. The FCA has chosen not to publicly humiliate failing IGCs but to give them clear guidance for  the future. … Continue reading →

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Have IGC’s let savers down with impunity?

Posted on July 8, 2020 by henry tapper

When it all began Back in 2015 , when the IGC chairs first met, I wrote a blog critical of IGC Chairs and their advisers who seemed to be publicly questioning the purpose behind Independent Governance Committees. You can read … Continue reading →

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Prudential IGC reports a notable victory for savers.

Posted on April 28, 2020 by henry tapper

2019/20 – a battle won Prudential’s is the last IGC to publish its Chair report this year and I suspect the report we get is rather different than the report planned earlier in the year. Chair Lawrence Churchill tells us … Continue reading →

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Aviva’s IGC – more effective than its report suggests

Posted on April 25, 2020 by henry tapper

Aviva’s IGC has turned up and you can preview it here (it launches properly Monday) It’s available as  a PDF  you can download here or you can read a digital version Having read both, I’d suggest that the PDF works … Continue reading →

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ReAssure’s IGC report

Posted on April 18, 2020 by henry tapper

ReAssure, after a short delay, have published their 2019/20 IGC report which you can read here It’s a betwixt and between document as at the time of publication, ReAssure is in the process of being acquired by Phoenix and in … Continue reading →

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Pension Plowman’s guide to 2020 IGC reports

Posted on April 12, 2020 by henry tapper

This is a big year for IGCs. It is their fifth birthday, it’s the year when the FCA reviews their effectiveness and it’s the year of the pandemic, where providers and savers will be under maximum strain. Most of the … Continue reading →

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From an empty chair; Hargreaves Lansdown’s excellent IGC statement.

Posted on April 12, 2020 by henry tapper

  A cautionary tale It has been a difficult year for Hargreaves Lansdown’s IGC and they have launched their Chair’s statement without a Chair. This unusual state of affair followed the departure of David Grimes with clearly no succession plan … Continue reading →

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Is Fidelity’s IGC papering over the cracks?

Posted on April 11, 2020 by henry tapper

Kim Nash and Anna Bradley are the only female IGC Chairs.  Kim’s not only IGC chair at Fidelity, she’s chair of the master trust. She’s not only chair of the Fidelity master trust , but chair of the Scottish Widows … Continue reading →

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