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ICSA consultation: The practice of minuting meetings – Sackers’ response to consultation

Background The Governance Institute is consulting on draft guidance on the practice of minuting meetings. Although not specifically aimed at pension scheme trustees, the guidance will be relevant to trustee boards which are established as...

Hot topic: Making the most of Trustee protections

For a PDF version of this hot topic click here. Trustees of all pension schemes have some form of protection, whether statutory or scheme specific, which provides comfort to them in carrying out their duties. With the changing pensions...

Governance Briefing

Gaining trust through preparation: key issues for pension scheme trustees. Is your trustee board suitably prepared to manage what the future may hold? In these continuing uncertain economic times, members want to know that their trustee...

Governance Spotlight: all I want for Christmas is accuracy

Introduction TPR’s deadline of 31 December 2012 for complying with its targets for standards of data in pension schemes is fast approaching. Our recent Pensions Managers’ Forum proved that many schemes are keen to hear what...

Governance spotlight – getting communications right

Introduction Communication with members is important to get right and, with TPR’s recently published governance survey identifying communication as an area for improvement, there is now renewed impetus to step up a level. The onset...

Governance Spotlight: keep playing the “record”

Introduction The need to improve standards of information held in member records can start to slip off the radar. After all, TPR first issued its guidance just over a year ago and its timetable to see measurable improvements by the end...