The Walker Report and the revised UK Corporate Governance Code – what does this mean for the pension scheme trustee?

In this article Vivien Cockerill takes a look at the issues faced by trustees and their advisers in light of the Walker Report and the revised Corporate Governance Code, the extent to which these issues will affect them and how they should respond.

DC Trustees under attack?

Most active members of occupational pension arrangements are building up benefits on a DC basis.

Pensions Buy-Out: Deal or no deal?

This paper considers the buy-out process from the perspective of trustees of UK occupational pension schemes. It considers the decisions faced by trustees and the legal factors which trustees need to consider before and during the buy-out process.

On the record

If an army marches on its stomach then it is equally correct that the effective administration of a pension scheme relies heavily on the quality of its membership database.

Public sector pensions: the storm clouds gather

Apparently computerised modelling programmes predicted that the type of global financial circumstances recently encountered would only occur once in every 10,000 years.

Preparing for the PPF - The foundation for a smooth PPF assessment period

The credit crunch is biting ... your scheme's sponsoring employer is facing insolvency ... what can the trustees and advisors do before the insolvency to lay the foundations for a smooth PPF (Pension Protection Fund) assessment period?

Changing with the times

The more things change, the more they stay the same. This is certainly true of pensions. No longer is it the sleepy backwater of the financial world, but it continues to be high profile with new developments worthy of leading articles in the press.