Lesley Williams
PLSA invites PQM applications and announces committee members
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is inviting applications for its Pension Quality Mark (PQM), after making changes to the minimum requirements.
PLSA shrinks board by four in governance overhaul
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has announced it will shrink its board by more than one-third as part of a governance overhaul to make it "agile and more appropriate".
PLSA urges members to be more active in policy creation
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) needs a greater number of more active members to drive its policy development and arguments, Richard Butcher has said.
Diversity is moving up the agenda of asset owners, finds research
Nearly three-quarters (74%) of asset owners include diversity in their annual report, according to New Financial.
PLSA members approve constitution overhaul
Members of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) have given a green light to changes to the trade body's constitution and articles of association.
PLSA mulls scrapping councils for strategic policy board
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) could ditch its defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) councils and replace them with a single policy board.
Five stories you may have missed this week
This week's top stories include experts warning that trustees must act now on common and conditional data as the deadline approaches and calls for partial transfers DB transfers to be a right. Here are the top five.
Lesley Williams to retire from Whitbread
Lesley Williams will retire from her role as Whitbread's group pensions director at the start of 2018 after 11 years in the role.
Julian Mund named PLSA chief executive
Julian Mund will take over from Joanne Segars as chief executive of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA).
Richard Butcher named as next PLSA chair
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has announced that Richard Butcher will succeed Lesley Williams who steps down as chair later this year.
PLSA announces internal governance review to 'reinvent' itself
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has launched a year-long review of its internal governance procedures, it announced today.
Whitbread appoints Aries Insight to keep up with regulatory changes
Whitbread Group has chosen Aries Insight's pensions service to help it stay on top of ever changing and complex regulation.
Trustees raise doubts over communicating DB risks to members
Concerns have been raised about making members more aware of risks to their defined benefit (DB) pensions, for fear of leading to panic and knee-jerk reactions.
Schemes need more certainty on pension reform
Trying to anticipate future pension reform is causing problems for schemes finds Helen Morrissey.
Lesley Williams: All savers hear these days is that 'pensions are bad'
PLSA's new chair tells PP why tax relief uncertainty is damaging our savings culture
