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The popularity of Professional Corporate Sole Trusteeship
06 January 2021

The popularity of Professional Corporate Sole Trusteeship

Sole Trusteeship is growing and looks set to continue. There are drivers for this, but some are concerned about this development resulting in higher costs, more employer focus than member focus and the potential for trustees to go unchallenged. This article explains why these concerns are largely unfounded and ways to mitigate some concerns.

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The new normal for DB Pensions
06 January 2021

The new normal for DB Pensions

It has, of course, become the new normal to talk about the new normal! But there have been so many changes affecting Defined Benefit (DB) pensions that grouping these by broad themes could be a worthwhile exercise.

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Trustees: be ready to protect schemes from corporate distress
06 January 2021

Trustees: be ready to protect schemes from corporate distress

The International Monetary Fund has warned that the world economy faces a long, slow recovery from COVID-19 and it seems likely that some UK employers will start to struggle.

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What’s that noise? Just another norm being shattered.
06 January 2021

What’s that noise? Just another norm being shattered.

Unless you’ve been living in the proverbial cave for the last twelve months, it’s likely that your world has been turned upside down. The normal way of going about our business and private lives has had to change.

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The new workplace
06 January 2021

The new workplace

The introduction of lockdown in March was a period of confusion and disruption in workplaces throughout the country. This was as true for us at PMI as it was for other organisations. There was a rushed period of collecting personal effects and hurried farewells before leaving our familiar and well-loved premises in Tower 42 for what we initially supposed would be a period of a few weeks. Apart from significantly underestimating the length of time that we were to be absent, we gave little thought to the extent to which a temporary emergency would result in permanent change.

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The new normal in education… ‘hashtag online’
06 January 2021

The new normal in education… ‘hashtag online’

With a year since the first official reporting of a COVID-19 case, we have almost arrived at a global paralysis of regular education and training provision. This unprecedented situation affected all learning at all levels. Basic and secondary education, initial and continuing training, and work-based learning all came to a stop as we knew them. It upturned course schedules and attendance, disrupted teaching and learning, frustrated examinations and assessments, delayed certification, and will affect the immediate and future careers of millions of learners.

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The popularity of Professional Corporate Sole Trusteeship
06 January 2021

The popularity of Professional Corporate Sole Trusteeship

Sole Trusteeship is growing and looks set to continue. There are drivers for this, but some are concerned about this development resulting in higher costs, more employer focus than member focus and the potential for trustees to go unchallenged. This article explains why these concerns are largely unfounded and ways to mitigate some concerns.

Read more
The new normal for DB Pensions
06 January 2021

The new normal for DB Pensions

It has, of course, become the new normal to talk about the new normal! But there have been so many changes affecting Defined Benefit (DB) pensions that grouping these by broad themes could be a worthwhile exercise.

Read more
Trustees: be ready to protect schemes from corporate distress
06 January 2021

Trustees: be ready to protect schemes from corporate distress

The International Monetary Fund has warned that the world economy faces a long, slow recovery from COVID-19 and it seems likely that some UK employers will start to struggle.

Read more
What’s that noise? Just another norm being shattered.
06 January 2021

What’s that noise? Just another norm being shattered.

Unless you’ve been living in the proverbial cave for the last twelve months, it’s likely that your world has been turned upside down. The normal way of going about our business and private lives has had to change.

Read more
The new workplace
06 January 2021

The new workplace

The introduction of lockdown in March was a period of confusion and disruption in workplaces throughout the country. This was as true for us at PMI as it was for other organisations. There was a rushed period of collecting personal effects and hurried farewells before leaving our familiar and well-loved premises in Tower 42 for what we initially supposed would be a period of a few weeks. Apart from significantly underestimating the length of time that we were to be absent, we gave little thought to the extent to which a temporary emergency would result in permanent change.

Read more
The new normal in education… ‘hashtag online’
06 January 2021

The new normal in education… ‘hashtag online’

With a year since the first official reporting of a COVID-19 case, we have almost arrived at a global paralysis of regular education and training provision. This unprecedented situation affected all learning at all levels. Basic and secondary education, initial and continuing training, and work-based learning all came to a stop as we knew them. It upturned course schedules and attendance, disrupted teaching and learning, frustrated examinations and assessments, delayed certification, and will affect the immediate and future careers of millions of learners.

Read more