Richard Butcher

Guidance banning trustees from dealing with people and organisations on the Treasury's financial sanctions list will create an administrative nightmare, warns an independent trustee.

A leading independent trustee has warned the structure of current defined contribution schemes will lead to social unrest.

Pensions professionals have backed smaller trustee boards, as PP research suggests most in the industry favour boards with six to nine members.

Leading by example: Call for case studies

With 2012 looking like it will prove every bit as eventful as 2011, andrew short looks at what steps nimble trustees can take to mitigate crises and exploit opportunities

The government must confirm whether auto-enrolment is to be put on hold or shelved or risk further undermining occupational pensions, industry figures argue.

Pitmans Trustees has been appointed as independent trustee to Legal & General's DC master trust.

A lack of training and the amount of time required to carry out duties are the key deterrents to people becoming lay trustees, according to an independent trustee.

Many defined contribution schemes are failing to achieve the most basic governance requirements as the industry focuses on defined benefit issues, independent trustees argue.