Tag Archives: governance
What are Chinese walls made of ?
Darren Jefferson asks just how robust are these Chinese Walls I made a point of counting how many times during a typical week, the term ‘Chinese Walls’ was used by a variety of advisers. I got to eight so … Continue reading
Con Keating on regulation and DB Governance
Con is a regular on this blog, here he discusses the Pension Regulator’s role in DB Governance. Our deconstruction of the narrative promoted by the Pension Regulator occupies around one third of our response to the Department of Work and Pensions … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, DB, defined benefits, governance, pensions, The Pensions Regulator
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When ESG knocked at the White House
What has happened in America this week has surprised and delighted me. Donald Trump’s two advisory committees, staffed from the Chief Executives of big American business have been disbanded, or more properly disbanded themselves. The strategy and policy forum and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlottesville, equal rights, ESG, governance, obama, Trump, White supremacy
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Why save more unless we’re told how we’ve done so far?
I am very excited. I’m excited because I am at last seeing a way to get information on pensions to the people to whom it matters, ordinary people including the small employers who have currently little access beyond that they … Continue reading
The Care-taker
The Caretaker or janitor was a familiar figure in apartment blocks until recently. Their demise has coincided with the advent of outsourced facilities management. Listening to the National Association of Fire Door manufacturers calling this morning for a single accountable … Continue reading
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Tagged CARE, Duty of Care, Fiduciary Management, fund management, governance, IGCs
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Winning and losing IGCs – class of 2017!
With (almost) all the known IGC reports in, it’s time to see how the reports of 2017 stacked up against 2016. Apologies that the links in the table don’t work, my formatting skills are poor and I’ve included the links … Continue reading
Meeting the Pensions Minister
Tomorrow (18th April) I get to meet the Pensions Minister, which I’m excited about. I’d written to Richard Harrington a few weeks ago, after an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill had been thrown out. I’d helped the Labour Party … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, governance, IGCs, Pensions Minister, Richard Harrington, workplace Pensions
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Governance – as easy as riding a bike?
I sometimes get unsolicited blogs sent me by friends. This one was sent me by Bob Compton, a regular commentator on here. It’s written by Michael Redston who combines an interest in cycling with pensions governance Introduction Innovative art … Continue reading
Let loose the dogs of law!
In this article, I argue that until those who manage funds and assets are held responsible to the end consumer we will not see effective enforcement of reforms. The central thrust of the FCA’s Asset Management Market Study (interim) is … Continue reading
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Tagged Asset management, dogs of law, FCA, Fiduciary, governance, ICG, law, market study, trustees
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Was BHS a blessing?
At a rowdy debate at yesterday’s Battle of Ideas, my colleague Hilary Salt stoked the fires by claimed the fall of BHS was a milestone to improving British productivity. Nobody expressed disagreement – despite it being packed with left-wing thinkers. … Continue reading
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Tagged BHS, blockchain, Brexit, ethical, ethics, first actuarial, governance, Hilary Salt, Merryn Somerset Webb, pensions, Productivy, Technology
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