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Exclusive: IC Select launches service to measure impact and quality of investment advice
Exclusive: IC Select launches service to measure impact and quality of investment advice

IC Select has launched an oversight service to empower trustees to challenge the quality and success of their investment advisers.

  • Investment
  • 04 December 2019
UK Power Networks appoints BlackRock for £4bn fiduciary brief
UK Power Networks appoints BlackRock for £4bn fiduciary brief

BlackRock has been appointed as the fiduciary manager for the UK Power Networks Group of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme (ESPS).

  • Investment
  • 02 December 2019
Investments: the poor cousin
Investments: the poor cousin

Trustees need to increase their focus on investments and demand more from their advisers, argues Donny Hay.

  • Investment
  • 02 December 2019
IC Select's Peter Dorward - fiduciary management a 'marriage not a date'
IC Select's Peter Dorward - fiduciary management a 'marriage not a date'

In the third of a series of interviews with fiduciary evaluators, Margie Lindsay speaks to IC Select’s Peter Dorward about his firm’s approach to fiduciary assessment.

  • Investment
  • 13 November 2019
Buck launches DB investment governance service
Buck launches DB investment governance service

Buck has launched an investment governance service which aims to help defined benefit (DB) schemes prepare for their endgame.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 31 October 2019
Pi Consulting teams up with IC Select to launch fiduciary manager selection service
Pi Consulting teams up with IC Select to launch fiduciary manager selection service

Pi Consulting and IC Select have launched a service to provide advice and support to pension schemes tendering fiduciary management mandates.

  • Investment
  • 21 August 2019
Remember, remember the 10th of December…
Remember, remember the 10th of December…

Trustees risk leaving their scheme ungovernable if they do not get in place strategic objectives for investment advisers, warns John Paterson.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 August 2019
Eight pension consultants to hold talks over value for money strategy
Eight pension consultants to hold talks over value for money strategy

Investment consultants including the 'big three' have all agreed to participate in discussions to develop a strategy to demonstrate whether they provide value for money to pension fund clients.

  • Investment
  • 08 October 2018
How to pick a good investment adviser
How to pick a good investment adviser

Roger Brown suggests four ways trustees can enhance their probability of selecting the right adviser

  • Investment
  • 17 July 2018
Time for fiduciaries to follow route 36
Time for fiduciaries to follow route 36

Donny Hay says a simple section 36 letter could reassure trustees over their fiduciary manager selection.

  • Industry
  • 19 June 2018
Fiduciary management standard wins support of third-party evaluators
Fiduciary management standard wins support of third-party evaluators

The newly-launched Fiduciary Management Performance Standard has gained support from the biggest providers of independent evaluation services to pension funds.

  • Investment
  • 01 June 2018
IC Select finds just 3% of schemes retendered investment consultants last year
IC Select finds just 3% of schemes retendered investment consultants last year

The number of pension schemes retendering for investment consulting services has dropped sharply over the last decade, IC Select research reveals.

  • Investment
  • 21 May 2018
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included IC Select's launch of a fiduciary management performance standard, and the High Court ruling that trustees can recover pension overpayments without a time limit.

  • Industry
  • 20 April 2018
IC Select names Donny Hay as director
IC Select names Donny Hay as director

IC Select has appointed Donny Hay as a director as it seeks to develop its business further alongside a new disclosure standard.

  • Appointments
  • 16 April 2018
Fiduciary management performance standard launches
Fiduciary management performance standard launches

A ground-breaking disclosure standard to help trustees compare fiduciary managers in the selection process has been unveiled, putting an end to three years of talks.

  • Investment
  • 16 April 2018
Deadline imposed on fiduciary managers to submit data for industry standard
Deadline imposed on fiduciary managers to submit data for industry standard

The half of fiduciary managers that have not yet submitted initial data for the IC Select industry performance standard now face a set deadline of 28 February.

  • Investment
  • 18 January 2017
Steering group launched to develop fiduciary management performance standard
Steering group launched to develop fiduciary management performance standard

An eleven-strong industry group has been formed to help develop a fiduciary management performance standard.

  • Investment
  • 14 July 2016
IC Select to launch fiduciary management performance standard
IC Select to launch fiduciary management performance standard

IC Select has developed a standard to improve transparency and consistency of performance information across the fiduciary management sector.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 11 May 2016
Measuring the performance of fiduciary managers
Measuring the performance of fiduciary managers

As the fiduciary management market continues to grow Lynn Strongin-Dodds looks at how schemes can measure their manager's performance.

  • Investment
  • 20 April 2016
IC Select launches enhanced fiduciary management stewardship service
IC Select launches enhanced fiduciary management stewardship service

IC Select has beefed up its stewardship service to help trustees monitor their fiduciary managers and run their schemes.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 03 February 2016
UK Power Networks hires SEI as fiduciary manager
UK Power Networks hires SEI as fiduciary manager

The UK Power Networks Pension Scheme has appointed SEI to act as fiduciary manager for its defined benefit (DB) section and investment adviser on its defined contribution arrangements.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 23 November 2015

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