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Governance – Do you meet the standards of the Pensions Regulator?
The Pensions Regulator is really hot on scheme governance, to the extent that in 2016 they produced a discussion paper on 21st century trusteeship and governance. This explored how trustee standards could be raised and how to improve the way pension schemes are...
read moreWhat is a trustee business plan?
We have been banging on about the importance of the pension scheme trustees having a plan, monitoring, tweaking and making it work. According to research by Aon in 2015 less than a third of DB pension trustees had a business plan with SMART (Specific, Measurable,...
read more21st Century Trustee – Raising the bar
For the last 18 months the Pensions Regulator (our friends in Brighton) has been talking up the importance of good governance in running pension schemes. This is included confirmation of who would fall in scope as a professional trustee and implications for this. So...
read moreAre we nearly there yet? A trustee journey plan
We have written several times before about the importance of trustees and their pension scheme sponsors having a shared goal in mind (If you don't know where you are going any road will get you there). Much as though the phrase ‘a journey’ is grossly overused, it is...
read moreHow to maximise your time as a Pension Trustee or ‘The art of the possible’
As a Trustee of a pension scheme do you find there is never enough time to do everything expected of you? From the scheme sponsor, the members and our friends in Brighton, you try to juggle their competing demands. Given the demands on your time, what can you do about...
read moreTrustees are more effective as a team
Trustees are more effective as a team if they work together sharing experiences and knowledge. Relying on a perceived star player is a fraught with risk. Corporate history is littered with examples of such companies. Sir Philip Green and BHS spring immediately to...
read moreClark Benefit Consulting Ltd announces the name change to CBC Pension Services.
Since the launch of Clark Benefit Consulting in October 2012 the business has evolved and we believe the change of the company’s name will more appropriately reflect our business direction. CBC Pension Services formally known as Clark Benefit Consulting Ltd provide a...
read moreThe 21st century pension trustee – what standards do you need to uphold?
Pensions are continuing to change and show no sign of slowing down. tPR ‘’our friends in Brighton’’ have been busy explaining how it intends to promote its thinking about trusteeship and has issued a discussion paper – ‘21st Century Trusteeship and Governance’ The tPR...
read moreWhat a year that was – 3 changes that have happened in the pensions world that affect you
Question – Will we ever see the like of 2016 ever again? Answer – The ‘never say never’ is probably the politicians’ answer, but in a year where mainstream politicians have been widely ignored by the electorate, pensions continue to be in the news for all the wrong...
read moreWhat does a good pension trustee look like?
Since the Pensions Regulator (or as we call them ‘our friends in Brighton’) launched its 21st Century Trustee initiative at the beginning of the year there has been plenty of discussion around this important topic. As we start our planning for 2017, one sure thing is...
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