The PMI – professional pensions development to the fore!
Many PMI members have contacted me to comment on how much the PMI is now doing for its members and for the pensions industry at large. Comments have been extremely positive (although with
Issue: April 2008 Author: Steve Delo

Changing the PMI membership structure
Under the new more flexible membership structure (see details in the January issue of PMI News), Student membership is now available for everyone sitting any PMI exams, be they vocational
Issue: April 2008 Author: Vince Linnane

Unlocking the door to more effective trustee decision making – nine key requirements
Last year, Xafinity Paymaster and the PMI announced a joint research project to examine the quality of decision making The conclusion was a checklist offering nine key requirements for effective
Issue: April 2008 Author: Robert Branagh FPMI

Treating Customers Fairly – we all do that don’t we?!
Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) is at the forefront of the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) move to a principles-based approach to regulation Two important deadlines in 2008 are leading to an
Issue: April 2008 Author: Wayne Ridgeon APMI

Pensions administration 40 years ago
After nearly 50 years in the pensions industry, Peter Flower tries to recapture Pensions Administration as it was during the 1960s and early 1970s, and finds that in certain respects things have not
Issue: April 2008 Author: Peter Flower ACII, FPMI

An agenda for trustees
There is a vast array of important issues facing trustees and it is essential that they have an agenda to tackle these matters. Set out below are our thoughts on the key topics, which
Issue: April 2008 Author: David Jones

How should we think about risk?
Risk is in danger of being the most talked about pensions topic. What trustees really need is a sustainable approach to dealing with risk which integrates with routine activity and delivers
Issue: April 2008 Author: Mark Ashworth

Dealing with conflicts of interest
There are many opportunities in the running of both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) work-based pension schemes for conflicts of interest to arise. While many conflicts are
Issue: April 2008 Author: Amy Balchin

Actuarial and Investment Matters
Mortality or, more appropriately, increasing life expectancy has been an almost constant ‘news’ item over the last few years. The Pensions Regulator’s recent consultation document giving its views
Issue: April 2008 Author: Richard Akroyd

Legal Update
A new version of the Pensions Bill was published on 21 February. The revised Bill incorporates extended powers for the Pensions Regulator to appoint trustees – the amendment would allow the
Issue: April 2008 Author: Helen Hanbidge

Consultancy and Administration Isuues
Contracting out on a salary related basis is such a familiar part of pension scheme design and management. In its current form, give or take a slight change to the shape of it from a guaranteed
Issue: April 2008 Author: Rosie Kwok