Trustee stories

The Pensions Regulator has set out plans to tackle the ‘unfinished business’ of the UK pensions system — saying it is looking to drive up standards across the trustee and advisory market. ...

Trustees must do more to hold insurers to account on sustainability issues ahead of a buy-out transaction.  This call was made by professional services firm Zedra, which said that there was an...

Nest Corporation has appointed Louise Fitzgerald to be its chief financial officer (CFO).  Fitzgerald has been the interim CFO since March this year, and prior to this was CFO at British Arab...

Three out of four defined benefit trustees say they intend to adopt the new statutory override, giving themselves the power to distribute surplus funds — according to new research. The research also...

Dalriada Trustees has further expanded its senior team, by appointing Barbara Fewkes to head of sole trusteeship and Gill Howard to operational lead for the pensions management team. These newly created roles...

The BT Pension Scheme has appointed Matt Davies to be its trustee director.  Davies succeeds Emily Clark who, having left BT, stepped down from the trustee board. Davies is chief finance officer...

Fintech pioneer Sam Seaton has taken the role of chief executive officer of www.capadata.co.uk, the workplace pension data site that launches today. Seaton joins as the refreshed CAPAdata website launches, with enhanced...

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published new guidance to help defined benefit (DB) pension scheme trustees and employers understand and assess the full range of endgame options now available in the market....

The cost of the Minimum retirement lifestyle has fallen, with a two-person household now needing £21,600 per year and a one-person household £13,400, which is a £1,000 drop from last year. According...

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has warned against potential changes to salary sacrifice arrangements for pensions, saying reforms would disproportionately harm low and moderate earners and reduce overall pension saving. Recent...