IC Select
Investments and the importance of reporting: Stick or twist?
Trustees need clear reporting from their investment advisers to meet their scheme's needs, says Donny Hay
Time ticking to complete fiduciary management retenders
With under three-quarters of a year left for retendering exercises to be completed, capacity issues could arise and reduce choice, writes James Phillips.
Civil Aviation Authority awards £4bn fiduciary mandate to BlackRock
The Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme (CAAPS) has appointed BlackRock to run a £4bn fiduciary mandate for its growth portfolios.
DB investment governance post-Covid: What to delegate?
Ray Martin looks at what options trustees will have to add value to investment management and strategic implementation decisions in a post-Covid world
IC Select launches fiduciary management retendering service
IC Select has launched a three-tiered solution to help trustees required to retender for their fiduciary management provider by 10 June next year.
Kempen announces two UK fiduciary mandate wins
Kempen Capital Management has announced it has completed the transfer of two new fiduciary management mandates.
UK Pensions Awards 2020 - Shortlists published
Here they are. The finalist lists for the UK Pensions Awards 2020.
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.
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).
Investments: the poor cousin
Trustees need to increase their focus on investments and demand more from their advisers, argues Donny Hay.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How to pick a good investment adviser
Roger Brown suggests four ways trustees can enhance their probability of selecting the right adviser
Time for fiduciaries to follow route 36
Donny Hay says a simple section 36 letter could reassure trustees over their fiduciary manager selection.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
