Knowledge hub

Check out some of our latest insights into the happenings in the market and keep up to date with our current thinking.

Strong foundations are not enough

20 Sept 2021

Musings

There is a lot of time spent in making sure transitions are effectively and successfully delivered, and rightly so. However, transition is only one part of the story; it is only the beginning.

How do schemes get the best from their administrator?

4 Aug 2021

Musings

The world of pensions administration has been through a rollercoaster over the past 18 months, but how do you ensure the performance of your administrator continues to meet the high standards you expect. We undertook some research into how Trustees and Sponsors approach administration oversight and have shared some key findings here.

How is TPR’s draft Code of Practice landing with trustees?

16 Jul 2021

Musings

We’ve been discussing the draft Code with clients and other Trustee contacts whilst we framed our response to TPR’s consultation. Here’s a sense of what trustees, pensions leads and people with risk roles we’ve spoken to have been making of it so far.

Competence and Integrity

5 Jul 2021

Musings

Competence and integrity are two capacities and values which are as vital as they are difficult to define. Here we try and define each, establishing why they are both equally important skills to have across a trustee boards.

The draft TPR Code through the looking glass

4 Jun 2021

Musings

At over 150 pages, what can trustees make of the TPR draft Code of Practice? We’ve been looking at it in detail for our consultation response, but rather than re-writing War and Peace we thought we’d share two thoughts from our own response.