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Pirelli: Take time to appoint fiduciary manager
David Rowley discovers how Pirelli UK appointed a fiduciary manager to tackle its liabilites, and reduced the risk of choosing an unsuitable approach and provider
Vauxhall and Fujitsu secure schemes against fraud
Pippa Stephens and Elli Koukoulli-Rowe analyse what schemes can do to manage their fraud risk, and how those including Vauxhall Motors and Fujitsu have responded to the Bribery Act
Checklist for agreeing derivative contracts
The complexity of derivatives has led many schemes to avoid them. Owen Walker and Ian Smith look at the simple steps to reduce the risk of a bad outcome
sX Review: What QE2 means for your scheme
The panel discuss the impact of the second round of quantitative easing on pension funds, and what they should be doing to manage its effect on their liabilities (6:24)
How to research dividend-paying equities
Nick Nefouse, a director within BlackRock’s global equity team, discusses the three main areas schemes should research to get the best out of equity-paying dividends
Air Products: Don’t 'pussyfoot' on overseas covenant
Ian Smith explores how the Air Products plan and others have dealt with their overseas parent employer to avoid covenant risk, as experienced by Alitalia's UK scheme
Using Nest to manage 2012 risk: five myths explained
Richard Bartlett, assistant director of the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest), explains how schemes and employers can use it to complement their existing arrangements for auto-enrolment
Large schemes tighten governance with trustee payments
George Coats discovers a growing trend among large schemes to remunerate non-professional trustees, as they seek to improve governance standards following an increase in complexity of the role
Survey: Schemes concerned over PFI mixed messages
Owen Walker finds schemes are being put off investing in infrastructure due to the UK government’s unclear attitude to private finance initiatives (PFI)
Video: How to avoid auto-enrolment pitfalls
The chair of Australia's superannuation review Jeremy Cooper tells Pádraig Floyd what Australia has learned from a generation of pension compulsion (4:07)
Stress test your money market funds to reduce risk
In this week's Investment Blueprint, Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Kathleen Hughes argues schemes should demand "rigorous" risk management, including stress tests, of their money market funds
sX Review: What QE2 means for your scheme
The panel discuss the impact of the second round of quantitative easing on pension funds, and what they should be doing to manage its effect on their liabilities (6:24)
Case studies
- Pirelli: Take time to appoint fiduciary manager18 October 2011 10:22am
- BAE drives scheme performance with trustee training07 October 2011 10:38am
- Thomas Miller confronts volatility with DC default design30 September 2011 03:02pm
Latest videos
- Video: How to avoid auto-enrolment pitfalls06 October 2011 02:55pm
- Video: Auto-enrolment concerns for small business03 October 2011 05:08pm
- sX Review: How to cut your PPF levy30 September 2011 10:52am
Find out how to maximise the opportunities and understand risks in fixed income.
ARTICLES
Survey: Schemes concerned over PFI mixed messages
Owen Walker finds schemes are being put off investing in infrastructure due to the UK government’s unclear attitude to private finance initiatives (PFI)
Survey: Schemes favour active management for fixed income
A surprising number of schemes are fans of an active management approach to fixed income. David Rowley quizzed schemes and trustees on why this is so
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