Pat Sharman
How does culture affect custodians?
Pat Sharman looks at how an organisation’s culture can deliver better service and outcomes for pension scheme clients.
Transaction costs tally up to 37% of pension investment costs
Over a third of investment costs faced by pension savers come from transactions, according to the latest annual research from Caceis.
Brunel appoints CACEIS as cost transparency and benchmarking provider
The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has hired CACEIS to provide cost transparency and benchmarking services across the partnership.
Trustees question competence over ESG policies
Almost half (43%) of trustees do not feel able to monitor and report on their schemes ESG policy to a high standard, according to CACEIS.
LGPS Central partners with KAS Bank for cost transparency solution
Funds in LGPS Central will be given additional assistance to assist collection and analysis of investment costs after the pool partnered with KAS Bank.
KAS Bank launches transparency product for chair's statements
KAS Bank has launched an end-to-end cost transparency solution for defined contribution (DC) schemes to assist in the delivery of chair's statements.
NEST partners with KAS Bank to offer DC transparency dashboard
The government's auto-enrolment provider NEST has teamed up with KAS Bank to offer a cost transparency service for its range of target date and specialist funds, to launch in Q2 2019.
KAS Bank launches currency overlay solution for pension funds
Dutch custodian KAS Bank has created a fintech solution to help schemes save on costs and improve transparency of currency hedging strategies.
KAS Bank expands UK pension business development team
KAS Bank has hired Rebecca Pitts as a business development manager in its UK office.
KAS Bank promises simpler AGM voting with blockchain app
Pension schemes and institutional investors are being offered a "revolutionary" streamlined process for exercising their shareholder voting rights as KAS Bank launches Voteroom.
Consolidation, cyber risk and transparency to dominate 2018
This year will see consolidation, cyber risk and cost transparency dominate the industry's focus as schemes bid to improve value for money and meet data protection requirements.
EXCLUSIVE: KAS Bank creates fintech division to transform pension governance tools
The Dutch custodian bank is launching a dedicated financial technology team to build innovative and unique data solutions to improve pension scheme governance, PP can reveal.