Fiduciary management

The Pensions Trust has appointed BlackRock to manage a £100m fiduciary management mandate for inflation-linked alternative investments.

The AMNT’s Bill Trythall on the latest Law Commission consultation

Trustees of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Pension have appointed P-Solve to act as fiduciary manager to the fund.

This year has seen a number of high profile scheme developments, from asset-backed contributions, to auto-enrolment implementations and company restructures. Here PP sets out the best.

Specialist managers are securing an increasing slice of the fiduciary management (FM) market as a result of improved governance and appointment processes, according to research from KPMG.

This week respondents demonstrate they are less than impressed with the idea that scale is the answer to all schemes' problems.

Almost four out of 10 contributors said fiduciary management was an effective way for smaller schemes to access some benefits of scale.

Jack Jones looks at how trustees can assess their managers

Jonathan Stapleton asks if small DB schemes can access the benefits of scale

Trustees of the Midcounties Co-operative Pension Scheme have hired Towers Watson to act as fiduciary manager to the £145m fund.