Good Governance for Pension Schemes

Informationen zum Autor Paul Thornton is responsible for the Pensions Advisory team at Gazelle Corporate Finance Ltd and has been involved with a number of Gazelle's major clients. In 2007 he led an independent review of pensions institutions for the Department of Work and Pensions. Donald Fleming joined Gazelle Corporate Finance Ltd in 2005 to launch its Pensions Advisory business. He has also worked as a corporate financier at Cazenove and Co. (latterly JPMorgan Cazenove) and practised as a banking lawyer with Clifford Chance, specialising in securitisation. Zusammenfassung Intended for those involved with managing or advising pension schemes! this book sets out best practice in pension fund governance and provides an overview of the latest developments in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Regulatory and supervisory context for occupational pension provision; 3. Pension funds and the capital markets; 4. Social responsibility and fiduciary duties of trustees; 5. Good trusteeship; 6. Conflicts of interest; 7. Pension schemes and employment; 8. Employer support and the development of the sponsor covenant concept; 9. Establishing the funding requirements of pension schemes; 10. Effective oversight of pension administration; 11. Investment governance of defined benefit pension funds; 12. Hedging investment risk; 13. Managing longevity risk; 14. The role of insurance in the occupational pensions market; 15. Pension risk from a corporate perspective; 16. Investment management of defined contribution schemes; 17. Effective investment governance in defined contribution schemes; 18. Inside pension scheme governance.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Fleming, Fleming Donald, Paul Thornton, Paul Fleming Thornton, Thornton Paul, THORNTON PAUL FLEMING DONALD
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2011
• EAN: 9780521761611
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76161-1
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Law Practitioner; Law Practitioner Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; Pensions, Law, Corporate Governance, LAW / Corporate, Commercial law, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Pensions, old-age provisions and private compensation, Company, commercial & competition law, Financial services law & regulation