The financial impact of fiduciary management (FM) decisions on pension funding positions means funds need a better understanding of how knock-on impacts appear, Barnett Waddingham warns.
This week’s top stories included the launch of a new sole trustee firm, and the grilling of The Pension Regulator’s interim chair over conflict of interest concerns.
The likelihood of trustees making incorrect decisions when choosing a fiduciary manager due to rudimentary performance metrics remains probable, EY says.
Roger Mattingly discusses how trustees can manage their ESG obligations
Tim Manuel and Philippa Allen look at how schemes can implement responsible investment on a fiduciary basis
With the 9 June deadline approaching for retendering fiduciary management services, Donny Hay says it is important that trustees spend the maximum time to achieve the best outcomes.
More than a third of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are running “worryingly close to the deadline” to comply with the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) retendering order, according to Hymans Robertson.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has delayed further a consultation response and final regulations to enact requirements relating to investment consultants.