Trustee

Naomi Rainey looks at where HMRC and the High Court’s actions leave trustees

Almost half this week's respondents backed calls for mandatory qualifications for professional trustees.

Lay trustees' knowledge has been steadily growing over the years thanks to strict regulation, Aviva Investors says.

NOW Pensions is preparing to split its trustee and commercial boards in order to improve governance.

Taha Lokhandwala says professional trustees need a quality stamp

Industry figures have called for a debate on whether professional trustees should have a standardised qualification over concerns the occupation needs a barrier to entry.

The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has published a draft code of practice for data controllers, including pension scheme trustees, on conducting privacy impact assessments (PIA) before undertaking data exercises.

This week respondents chose the noble elephant as their preferred pensions industry mascot.

The old question of trustee remuneration split respondents right down the middle.

Trustees must be wary of compensation risk in divorce cases after a surge in the number of complaints to the Pensions Ombudsman (PO) about asset splits, a lawyer warns.