Member-nominated trustees - it's time for a redesign

Naomi Brown says a review could support and enhance board governance and effectiveness

clock • 3 min read
Member-nominated trustees - it's time for a redesign

Trustees must design and operate member-nominated trustee (MNT) arrangements which are appropriate for their scheme and meet The Pensions Regulator’s (TPR) principles of fairness, proportionality and transparency. Many boards diligently designed arrangements in or around 2006 but have made relatively minimal changes since then.

As boards are also required to review their arrangements both periodically and after a material change, for many schemes it's time for a redesign. A redesign also presents a valuable opportunity...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Pensions

Become a Professional Pensions Lite Member today

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis and opinion from the industry
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our two daily news alerts
  • Hear from industry experts and other forward-thinking leaders

Are you a trustee, investment consultant or in-house pension and benefit scheme professional? You can apply for full complimentary access here

Join now

 

Already a Professional Pensions
member?

Login

More on Law and Regulation

SPP: Consolidation, adequacy and inclusion - the emerging pillars of UK pensions reform

SPP: Consolidation, adequacy and inclusion - the emerging pillars of UK pensions reform

Steven Hull looks at the ‘unprecedented wave of reform’ facing the industry

Steven Hull
clock 01 September 2025 • 3 min read
FCA and TPR urge industry to take proactive steps now to deliver guided retirement

FCA and TPR urge industry to take proactive steps now to deliver guided retirement

Industry must also develop ‘much deeper understanding’ of member needs

Jonathan Stapleton
clock 26 August 2025 • 2 min read
PAG urges MPs to back bill amendment to index pre-97 FAS pension rights

PAG urges MPs to back bill amendment to index pre-97 FAS pension rights

Campaign group says amendment would address ‘major social injustice’

Jonathan Stapleton
clock 26 August 2025 • 2 min read
Trustpilot