Richard Butcher

After high profile issues around data transfer, PP looks at how the industry can get things right

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has appointed 16 ambassadors as part of a fellowship network.

Proposals to improve DC governance are passing the buck to trustees

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposals in place to prevent corporate trustees from dwarfing individuals on independent governance committees (IGCs).

The industry is not satisfied with efforts to improve contract-based governance

Pitman Trustees (PTL) has appointed Gavin Cowan as manager in the Leeds office.

What does the future hold for the trust-based governance model?

Helen Morrissey explains the importance of trustee evaluation exercises

Trustees are spending too much time on documentation, member gripes and box-ticking rather than focusing on more fundamental aspects of running their schemes, an independent trustee says.

PTL has launched a service to help trustees of defined contribution (DC) schemes produce the governance statements The Pensions Regulator (TPR) requires them to complete.