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Finance & investment briefing – March 2017

The Finance & Investment Briefing – March 2017 (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: Back to basics: arbitration v litigation Asset management: FCA interim report...

TPR’s guide to investment governance

TPR’s revised Code of practice on the governance and administration of occupational trust-based schemes providing money purchase benefits came into force on 28 July 2016. To coincide with this, TPR published the final versions of its...

Finance & investment briefing – December 2016

The Finance & investment briefing – December 2016 (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: Back to basics: the execution of documents Collateral for non-cleared OTC...

A practical approach to ESG – A guide for pension trustees

Read our 2020 guide, ‘ESG and climate change for pension funds’ here.  There is an increasing prominence of Environmental, Social and corporate Governance factors on pension trustee agendas and, as a result, a corresponding...

DC hot topic – Asset security

For a PDF version of this hot topic click here Following the introduction of automatic enrolment and an increasing regulatory focus on DC governance, DC asset security is now in the spotlight. However, not all trustees feel comfortable...

Finance & investment briefing – September 2016

The Finance & investment briefing – September 2016 (PDF) takes a look at current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: Investment duties during a PPF assessment period Scheme specific funding –...

Finance & investment briefing – June 2016

The Finance & investment briefing – June 2016 (PDF) takes a look at  current issues of interest to pension scheme investors. In this briefing: Focus on Brexit Back to basics: investment management agreements Clearing: interest...