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Knowa offers trustees free collaborative tools amid coronavirus crisis
Knowa offers trustees free collaborative tools amid coronavirus crisis

Communications platform Knowa is offering trustee boards and professional trustees free access to its online collaborative tools amid the growing impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the rising number of staff working remotely.

  • Industry
  • 31 March 2020
What gets disclosed gets managed
What gets disclosed gets managed

Improving transparency of pension scheme governance will improve accountability, even if members take little notice, says Richard Butcher.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 27 February 2020
Shining a spotlight on professional trusteeship
Shining a spotlight on professional trusteeship

Matthew Giles looks at how the new standards and accreditation framework will impact professional trustees

  • Law and Regulation
  • 23 July 2019
Black Box thinking in the pensions industry
Black Box thinking in the pensions industry

Breaking the closed-loop thinking in pensions is possible if we can change our collective mind-set, according to David Blake and Matthew Syed

  • Industry
  • 12 March 2018
Sea Containers scheme enters £187m buyout
Sea Containers scheme enters £187m buyout

The Sea Containers 1983 Pension Scheme has been fully insured in a bulk annuity deal completed by Aviva, almost a decade after receiving the regulator's first financial support direction (FSD).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 15 February 2018
 Frank Field is good for pensions, says industry
Frank Field is good for pensions, says industry

Frank field is a good thing for pensions and the government will make the necessary legislative changes to allow CDC, according to industry

  • Industry
  • 08 February 2018
Top tips for trustee meetings
Top tips for trustee meetings

While acknowledging the 24/7 nature of trustee responsibility, Alan Pickering argues that formal trustee meetings are as important as ever

  • Industry
  • 17 January 2018
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included the pension tax relief consequences of the Scottish government's decision to differ tax bands for Scottish workers compared to the rest of the UK.

  • Industry
  • 15 December 2017
Professional trustee standards 'silly compliance exercise'
Professional trustee standards 'silly compliance exercise'

Proposed standards for professional trustees due to come into force next year will be "too easy to game" and "a silly compliance exercise" if they are not accompanied by tangible metrics, Richard Butcher has warned.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 14 December 2017
TPR's professional trustee definition welcomed but penalty policy has 'sting in the tail'
TPR's professional trustee definition welcomed but penalty policy has 'sting in the tail'

The industry has welcomed The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) revised definition of professional trustee, but has warned all trustees to be aware of the updated monetary penalty policy.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 August 2017
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included Tom McPhail calling on occupational pension schemes to get involved in a working group attempting to reduce delays in transfers.

  • Industry
  • 11 August 2017
TPR sets out new definition of professional trustee; boosts fines
TPR sets out new definition of professional trustee; boosts fines

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has revised its definition of a 'professional trustee' as it moves to improve standards and introduce accreditation of the role.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 10 August 2017
Reflections of a new professional trustee
Reflections of a new professional trustee

Rachel Croft says there is a lack of clarity over what constitutes good trusteeship and governance.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 07 June 2017
Schemes urge asset managers to adopt transparency code
Schemes urge asset managers to adopt transparency code

The industry has warned that asset managers which fail to sign up to the code of transparency will face tough scrutiny by schemes and could risk being sacked.

  • Industry
  • 02 June 2017
PMI urges regulator to do 'more work' on definition of professional trustees
PMI urges regulator to do 'more work' on definition of professional trustees

The watchdog should revisit its new description of professional trustees to clearly distinguish them from other types of trustee, according to the Pensions Management Institute (PMI).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 May 2017

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