Hackney fines employers to improve admin
The multi-employer scheme has been charging sponsors to encourage more accurate and timely data collection, improving scheme performance and cutting cost
BA extends MNT voting rights to dependants
British Airways has given dependant pensioners voting rights in one of its schemes to placate unhappy members, as more schemes expand their trustee selection processes beyond current employees
Cheshire tightens governance with business plan
The local authority pension scheme will hold quarterly reviews of its key governance objectives against a new annual business plan in order to improve its administrative performance
DC schemes dump trackers for multi-asset funds
Schemes have dropped equity trackers for better performing multi-asset and target date funds over the past five years, according to research published this week
How future DC regulation will affect your scheme
Video: The Pensions Regulator's chief executive Bill Galvin talks to Ian Smith about the changing landscape of DC regulation (5:56)
sX Review: Challenges for medium-sized schemes
Video: Marian Elliott of Atkin & Co and Aon Hewitt's Paul McGlone discuss how medium-sized schemes can overcome their resource, funding and time constraints (5:09)
Large DC scheme benefits from cutting fund choice
A 10,000-member DC scheme has improved its performance and boosted member engagement by slimming down the number of investment choices it offers
Nationwide uses flexible retirement to engage staff
The UK’s biggest building society has benefited from letting staff draw their pension while continuing to work, since the abolition last year of the default retirement age
Trinity Mirror and Nest trustee on DC governance
Video: Trinity Mirror and Nest trustee Laurie Edmans discusses the central DC governance challenges for these schemes, and how to overcome them (4:34)
BP speeds up investments by ditching committee
The oil-major pension scheme has benefited from quicker decision-making after dispensing with its investment committee