Dalriada Trustees

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Focus has shifted to the ‘social’ part of ESG, says Hope William-Smith, but this has its own challenges for trustees.

Here it is, our monthly digest of the most important pension articles Professional Pensions has written and published over the last month, along with some contextual notes.

This week’s top stories include Axa’s deferred longevity swap with Hannover Re, and Capita’s restructuring plans for simplifying the business.

Trustees are being kept in the dark by asset managers on how they oversee the investments, research from Dalriada Trustees shows.

Trustees must know the signs of sponsor distress and be prepared to act quickly as the “first line of defence” for savers, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned.

Supply will need to be rebuilt following the forced shutdown, potentially pushing up inflation and reasserting the need for adequate hedges, writes James Phillips

Keith Hinds has been appointed by Dalriada Trustees as a professional trustee, joining from his head of pensions advisory role at Grant Thornton.

The industry has broadly backed proposals to require the largest schemes to publish climate risk disclosures but raised concerns about the workload of implementation as well as how to standardise the methodology used.

As Covid-19 hampers efforts for professional trustees to complete necessary exams, Brian Spence defends the use of provisional accreditation.