“We don't have any worries - PSGS are always there for us and plan ahead with advisers and agendas. ”
“Excellent, very strong relationship. Good understanding of our needs. We can absolutely rely on PSGS. ”
“I wanted to look at the effectiveness of our trustee board, so Gillian, our PSGS scheme secretary, provided their trustee self-assessment tool to help me gather thoughts and opinions from others on the board. The tool was extremely easy to use and asked all the right questions to help me collect the information I needed as Trustee Chair. It is a great example of the way PSGS shares knowledge with their clients and makes dealing with key governance issues easy. As well as enabling me to meet one of the Regulator’s 21st century trusteeship requirements, using the tool has flagged trustee training needs and ways we could improve trustee meetings further. ”
“They are very proactive and full of new ideas, they've brought better scheduling and better minute sets.”
“Colin provides expert trusteeship. He guides former employees not familiar with legal constraints and restrictions - he is aware of them and helps solve problems - very happy.”
“Back in the day there was a large trustee board, with several independents (from the financial world) and the ex-Chairman of the company was offered the role as Chair of Trustees as a sweetener when he stepped down. Unionised company then divided - broad range of active members. They needed some expertise, consistency and leadership during this time. Wanted a serious/professional to lead and guide the trustees. ”
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Wednesday, 25 October 2017
In this article for the October edition of PMI News, PSIT’s Clare Owen and Louis Cooper from the Non-Executive Directors’ Association look at different ways of assessing the performance of pension trustee boards.
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