Only trustees of large pension schemes tend to have dedicated resources at their disposal – perhaps they even have a pensions manager and their own staff at their disposal.
For most pension scheme trustees however the norm is outsourced secretar…
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Leading professional pension trustee firm Dalriada Trustees has completed ISO/EIC 27001, an internationally recognised standard for Information Security Management.
ISO/IEC 27001 is fast becoming the international touchstone for effective, secur…
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If we were to compare the developments in UK pensions in 2010 to a football match, it might be described as a classic game of two halves – with the half time whistle being blown a little early in May for the General Election.
Unlike most footbal…
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I just noticed today the newly launched Association of Member Nominated Trustees http://amnt.eventbrite.com/ is a not-for-profit organisation that supports member-nominated trustees, member-nominated directors and employee representatives of UK…
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I am not sure that I agree that pensions should attract tax relief at all – why force people into relatively inflexible long term savings that they cannot get at if their health or financial wellbeing takes a turn for the worse mid-career? Why…
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In this article in a short series about choosing an independent trustee I will look at the skills and experience required to act as a professional pension scheme trustee.
First and foremost professional trusteeship is a generalist role.
To hold…
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Employers faced with choosing an independent trustee have quite a difficult job. There is no recognised qualification for independent trustees or any self-governing profession.
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This blog is where our professional trustee representatives will share their thoughts about many of the issues affecting trustees of occupational pension schemes.
Each of our trustee representatives is a qualified pensions professional and our tea…
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