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Tag Archives: trustees
The professional trustee goes from strength to strength – but do their pension schemes?
One of the insistent themes that emerged from the two days of conference I have been at in Scotland is the collapse of the trustee as a representative figure of the member (and worker). This may be because a great … Continue reading
Tom McPhail – a very different professional trustee
The clock had passed 5pm last night when Tom and I sat down in a secret garden near Cannon Street to catch up. Tom is spending the next couple of days in his first day meetings as a Trustee of … Continue reading
LCP identify Trustees as Pensions’ true “Power-Brokers”
I am pleased that LCP has produced a report about Pension Trustees, both those of DC and DB funds. Here is their executive summary Executive Summary There is growing interest within government in using pension assets to promote the growth … Continue reading
Are Trustees bothered- Rosalind Connor says they should be!
Should Trustees be listening to employers from their pensions? Should they be worried about the financial strength of the employers whose workforces they run a pension scheme for? In a fun but sophisticated presentation, Rosalind explained how the law has … Continue reading
The strategic pension consultancy the trustees built
If you are a trustee , you don’t need to look outside the tent to get help with your pension strategy. Independent Governance Group (IGG) has launched its Strategic Pension Solutions Centre of Excellence. It is effectively a resource for … Continue reading
“Sweet Thames flow softly” – a proposal to smooth troubled waters
Like the Thames itself, Thames Water is not going away and the long-running saga between Ofwat, championing the consumer and the Company, struggling to deliver its five year business plan continues to play out- like a railway dispute. Thames’ customers … Continue reading
“Decisive Trustees?” – times certainly are a changing!
I was struck when reading the findings of TPT Retirement Solutions’ trustee survey by two things. Firstly, how different they are from survey findings a year or 19 months ago; secondly how DB “endgame solutions” are extending the duration of … Continue reading
IGG’s blueprint for DB pensions deserves to be well-read
When in 2010 Stephen Ross and Andrew Bradshaw peeled away from HR Trustees and formed Ross Trustees , few gave the new entity much thought. Now the re-badged IGG is a force in the land and with the backing of … Continue reading
Trustees should trust their gut .
If you’ve got a healthy gut, you are probably in a good position to take good decisions. I know nothing about probiotics , don’t take them and can’t comment about the state of my gut. But I’m intrigued by research … Continue reading
BP – please spend your pension fund on pensions
BP is not a poor company. It has a very good pension scheme , with a fund which was created to be paid over time to its staff. Till payments are due, the fund can be invested for the benefit … Continue reading
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