Trustees

The majority of respondents said trustee boards should do more to review the performance of trustees, although many acknowledged this was a difficult task.

This week respondents backed calls for The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to run a register of charges and for Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) to be merged, but said there is no role for paternalism in auto-enrolment (AE).

The majority of contributors said trustees were generally using the flexibility in the system when setting assumptions for valuations.

Trustee boards should not try to cut back on their advisers' fees as it is a false economy and affects goodwill, the head of BP Pension Trustees Limited says.

A panel of trustees and providers discuss how and why schemes can use fiduciary managers

Trustees' knowledge and understanding of auto-enrolment (AE) has remained unchanged at 94% and 67% respectively since autumn 2012, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.

Natasha Browne looks at gilt market predictions and what they mean for schemes

Pitmans Trustees Ltd (PTL) has launched a life assurance claims handling service.

Just three out of ten contributors said trustees always performed the necessary due diligence before signing anything off, although two thirds said this was the case always or most of the time.

Lynn Strongin Dodds asks why so few trustees are engaging with firms on governance issues despite the clear advantages