value for money

Governance

Pension transparency needs a benchmark

A new Global Pension Transparency Benchmark – the first formal collaboration between Top1000funds.com and CEM Benchmarking - will launch in February 2021 ranking countries, via their underlying pension funds, on four factors: governance and organization; performance; costs; and responsible investing.

Amanda White and Mike HealeNovember 19, 2020

From the CIO’s chair

Active? Only when necessary

High management margins and low returns will continue to push owners towards passive investments. But active managers can add value in asset classes that require special expertise or access.

Stefan DunatovApril 11, 2017

Organisational Design

Time to make value judgements

Keith Ambachtsheer says net value added for members, not absolute cost, is the way to evaluate funds, and points to a report from Australia’s Productivity Commission as a sensible blueprint.

Amanda WhiteMarch 7, 2017

Organisational Design

UK watchdog lambasts pension fees

A scathing report into the United Kingdom’s £275-billion ($441-billion) defined contribution pension sector by national watchdog the Office of Fair Trading that lambasts high charges and complexity could have gone further say modern, low-cost pension providers. The OFT has agreed a range of reforms to the workplace pension market after its study found millions of […]

Sarah RundellSeptember 27, 2013