ES Group Pension Scheme trustees set to pay back £500k

clock

A board of trustees must repay more than half a million pounds plus interest after the pensions ombudsman ruled they had breached their investment duties.

A total of 72 members of the ES Group Pension Scheme complained about investments made by the trustees between 1996 and 1998 in shares in employer companies totalling £375,500 - which proved to be ...

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 Regulation

Only one third of schemes using fiduciary management has independent oversight, XPS says

Only one third of schemes using fiduciary management has independent oversight, XPS says

XPS finds proportion of schemes with independent fiduciary oversight remains ‘stubbornly’ low

Martin Richmond
clock 02 February 2026 • 1 min read
FRC releases guidance on historic scheme rule changes

FRC releases guidance on historic scheme rule changes

ACA welcomes guidance published following Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees judgment

Jasmine Urquhart
clock 23 January 2026 • 2 min read
PMI launches admin skills drive in India

PMI launches admin skills drive in India

Chief customer officer to visit professionals to find ways of improving support and access to skills

Jasmine Urquhart
clock 16 January 2026 • 1 min read
Trustpilot