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      This webinar will bring together views from actuaries, lawyers, administrators, trustees and data experts to look at the pragmatic, collaborative solutions that are open to schemes to solve the GMP equalisation challenges in 2021. It will assess the individual challenges schemes face with equalisations and provide some practical options that are available to resolve these issues.

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Cost Transparency Initiative

The art and science of benchmarking investment costs
The art and science of benchmarking investment costs

John Simmonds explains why cost transparency must be backed up by quality benchmarking

  • Investment
  • 13 July 2020
Transaction costs tally up to 37% of pension investment costs
Transaction costs tally up to 37% of pension investment costs

Over a third of investment costs faced by pension savers come from transactions, according to the latest annual research from Caceis.

  • Investment
  • 01 June 2020
Brunel appoints CACEIS as cost transparency and benchmarking provider
Brunel appoints CACEIS as cost transparency and benchmarking provider

The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has hired CACEIS to provide cost transparency and benchmarking services across the partnership.

  • Investment
  • 14 April 2020
Granularity is the key to cost transparency
Granularity is the key to cost transparency

As the first reports under the cost transparency templates become due, Charlotte Moore looks at how schemes and their consultants can use the data

  • Investment
  • 10 March 2020
Ten schemes publicly back Cost Transparency Initiative
Ten schemes publicly back Cost Transparency Initiative

Ten pension schemes representing over 19 million members and more than £150bn in assets under management have written a joint public letter endorsing the Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI).

  • Investment
  • 05 September 2019
LGPS Scheme Advisory Board chooses Byhiras for cost transparency services
LGPS Scheme Advisory Board chooses Byhiras for cost transparency services

The Local Government Pension Scheme Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) has chosen technology provider Byhiras to develop a platform to ensure that asset managers comply with its cost transparency code.

  • Investment
  • 02 September 2019
Further six asset managers noted for 'exceptional transparency' on transaction costs
Further six asset managers noted for 'exceptional transparency' on transaction costs

Six asset managers have been praised for their "exceptional transparency" in reporting transaction costs and charges to clients including pension schemes.

  • Investment
  • 21 June 2019
CTI templates are a call to action
CTI templates are a call to action

Support for cost disclosure templates must be followed by help to make sense of the data, says Jonathan Stapleton.

  • Investment
  • 31 May 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included The Pensions Regulator criticising Sir Philip Green's latest plans for the Arcadia pension schemes.

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  • 24 May 2019
CTI launches long-awaited cost disclosure templates
CTI launches long-awaited cost disclosure templates

The Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI) has launched a number of templates and guidance to help pension schemes deliver greater value for savers with enhanced disclosure of transaction cost information.

  • Investment
  • 21 May 2019
Cost disclosure templates to launch mid-May
Cost disclosure templates to launch mid-May

The Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI) has set out plans to launch the long-awaited cost disclosure templates for pension schemes in mid-May.

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  • 26 April 2019
DWP must compel use of cost transparency templates in pensions bill, MPs told
DWP must compel use of cost transparency templates in pensions bill, MPs told

A pensions bill expected next year must include law to require schemes to collect, publish and analyse cost transparency data from their asset managers, MPs have been told.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 05 December 2018
Cost disclosure will improve trust and income adequacy
Cost disclosure will improve trust and income adequacy

Mel Duffield says cost disclosure framework is a golden opportunity to make a real difference for savers.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 12 November 2018
Cost Transparency Initiative launches as disclosure templates revealed
Cost Transparency Initiative launches as disclosure templates revealed

An industry group has been launched to implement, promote and encourage the use of five cost disclosure templates developed earlier this year.

  • Investment
  • 07 November 2018

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