Pitmans Independent trustees

The Irish pensions industry is looking closely at trustee qualifications. Richard Butcher thinks we should follow its lead.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has appointed Frank Johnson as chair of its defined benefit (DB) council, and Richard Butcher as chair of its defined contribution (DC) council.

PP looks at the latest proposals to actually tell schemes what they pay asset managers

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) must take a pragmatic approach to the implementation of its balanced funding objective, industry figures say.

PTL has launched a service to help trustees of defined contribution (DC) schemes produce the governance statements The Pensions Regulator (TPR) requires them to complete.

Trustees must beware the limitations of fixed fee consultancy services, experts say.

An "unintended consequence" of the Pensions Bill could put entire corporate trustees out of business if a director is prohibited from overseeing a scheme.

Ladbrokes has selected Legal and General to provide its auto-enrolment scheme.

The move to gender-neutral annuity pricing will lead to a mismatch between assets and liabilities for many schemes, warns Pitmans Independent Trustees.

Defined contribution members could be unaware that their policy is not protected against losses resulting from the collapse of an insurer, warns Pitmans Trustees.