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Three passions; football , independence and governance; thanks LCP!
I am so pleased to have been given the opportunity to attend the LCP’s discussion on the challenge offered to football by an independent football regulator. When I grew up, I supported Bournemouth and for reasons to do with Governance … Continue reading
Diligent governance for Government, Royalty and Companies – please!
This is a blog that is not throwing stones but asking that we up our common sense. I am sure that in olden days things could remain hidden for Royalty, those in Government and the C-Suite of top companies but … Continue reading
There’s no G in Fujitsu
It was not out of the goodness of his heart that Fujitsu’s European CEO Paul Patterson offered to pay compensation to those impacted by the Horizon scandal, it was out of fear, The greatest fear for CEOs is that their … Continue reading
Alan Bates and the General Code of Practice.
Last week, the Pensions Regulator finally coughed up its 171 page General Code. You can download your copy here It tells us to “do good not bad” and it arrived as the nation stood in horror at what Fujitsu, the … Continue reading
“Oh Rose thou art sick”
I don’t know Alison Rose , I know one of her former (female) Board colleagues I suspect that Rose’s resignation last night as NatWest’s CEO will be met with frustration It is one thing to get women to a … Continue reading
DC savers left in “backwaters fouled with complexity” – clean up hybrids now!
In my recent blog ” We can;t risk hybrid DC schemes being left behind. I argued that many member’s benefits are being left in a backwater fouled by complexity. The DWP have chosen to treat small DC schemes that sit … Continue reading
Little did we know… the Law Deb debate – a year late!
On April 16th 2020, a few days into the first lockdown, Mark Ashworth announced the postponement of the 2020 event . The mail is a curiosity , a cameo of how phrases like “seeing you”, “in person” and “life … Continue reading
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Tagged Environmental, ESG, governance, lawdeb, lawdebdebate, Social
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How ESG should protect our national game
“Football should be built on community, not built on mutiny”. Nasser al-Khelaifi – President of Paris St Germain Protecting football from mutiny Fifteen years ago I spoke at an NAPF conference in Manchester , the morning after being smashed in … Continue reading
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Tagged Environmental, ESG, governance, jp morgan, Manchester United F.C., Social, UEFA Champions League
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Who will patrol the investment pathways?
Investment pathways are the big idea to help those getting to 55 and with pension freedom in sight. From August, people will be presented with four paths for their money. One takes them to a point when they can … Continue reading
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Tagged David Hare, FCA, GAA, governance, IGC, music, pensions, Phoenix, Pitmans, PSITL, Reassure
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The right (and wrong) types of pension scheme consolidation
Our vision for the future of occupational pensions is one where all savers are in schemes that have excellent standards of governance that deliver good value. Over time we think this will mean having fewer, but better governed schemes in … Continue reading
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Tagged governance, Independent trustee, Pensions Regulator, Professional trustee, TPR
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