Anyone who takes on a trustee role, or any employer relying on a trustee board to run its pension scheme, tends to ask the same practical question sooner or later: what exactly is a trustee legally required to do. The answer matters because trustees are personally...
Most employers do not wake up one day and decide they need pension trustee services. It usually happens gradually. A trustee meeting gets postponed twice. An audit query takes longer to answer than it should. A member asks a question about their contributions that...
Many business owners and HR leaders reach a point where they realise their pension scheme needs more oversight than it is currently getting. Perhaps a trustee has retired, a scheme review has flagged gaps in governance, or a new tax rule has raised questions from...
Cost is usually the first question employers ask when considering whether to bring in outside support for a pension scheme. It is a fair question, since professional pension trustee services are not free, and every business has to weigh up where its budget is best...
A workplace pension scheme is not something an employer sets up once and forgets about. It needs attention at every stage, from the moment trustees are first appointed through to ongoing valuations, investment reviews and reporting to The Pensions Regulator. Pension...
Many employers only think seriously about their pension scheme when a valuation is overdue, a member raises a query nobody can answer, or The Pensions Regulator asks a question that internal staff cannot resolve confidently. At that point, the value of proper pension...
