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Pension schemes – getting things done in times of uncertainty
Pension trustees are faced with an increasing array of obligations and decisions to make. How do you do that when there’s so much uncertainty, ranging from the big bad Brexit wolf, to ESG investing, to the more granular waiting for a regulator DB funding statement?Aon...
read morePension scheme funding – start planning
We are delighted to announce that Peter Weiner has now joined CBC Pension Services as a professional trustee and scheme secretary.Peter joins us with wide professional experience across the pensions industry including acting as a pensions manager, scheme secretary and...
read moreWhat trustees think of the CMA’s Fiduciary Management review
PP speaks to CBC Pension Services' Michael Clark about his views on the CMA's review into the investment consultant management markets. Professional Pensions has interviewed some of the industry's leading independent trustees - asking them for their views on the...
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 back in 2016 there has been plenty of discussion around this important topic.Three years on, how has this impacted you? Do you feel your trustee...
read moreProfessional trustees – why have one?
More and more pension schemes are opting to appoint a professional trustee.The ever-increasing burden of regulation, greater diversity of investment products and scheme deficits combine to make managing a pension scheme an ever more complex undertaking. Getting in a...
read moreHow scenario planning can benefit a Pension Trustee Board
To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation Bertrand Russel What is scenario planning and how can it benefit your Pension scheme? Scenario planning goes much further than risk management or contingency planning. It aims to...
read moreHow we have helped Pension Trustee Boards
Sometimes it’s easier to explain our work by sharing a case study. This month we’d like to show you how we helped one client with a conflicts of interest issue. Conflicts of interest This is where the trustee may wear two or more hats. As a trustee, you have to act in...
read morePension Trustee Training – are you up to date?
In previous blogs we have covered: Having a trustee business plan – read the blog here Pension scheme risk registers – read the blog here Conflicts of interest – read the blog here This month, we are going to look at Pension Trustee training. Trusteeship in pensions...
read moreConflicts of Interest – Is your pension scheme at risk?
In our last article we looked at two of the key areas a pension’s trustee needs to consider in order to provide effective governance for their scheme. These were having a trustee business plan and a pension scheme risk register. The full article can be found here. In...
read moreGovernance – 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...
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