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eShare are happy to announce that we have become a "PMI CPD Accredited Course Provider". This means that both our Seminar and Governance Forum are now eligible as CPD for PMI members. |
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Over the coming months, we have a number of activities taking place:
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Trustee Online Forum Portal - we are soon launching an online community to support trustees in their role
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eShare Governance Forum
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Royal&SunAlliance Case Study - R&SA give their story on what made them consider governance software, why they chose eShare and how they have benefitted from implementing our innovative software solution
More information will be available in our October edition and on our website - www.eShareUK.com
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WEB: www.eShareUK.com
PHONE: 0845 200 7829
E-MAIL: Info@eShareUK.com
ADDRESS: Wessex House
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Welcome to this edition of the eShare governance newsletter, covering the latest developments in the industry and what eShare is doing to help.
In this issue we are focussing on The Regulator's latest Governance Survey and what this means for schemes and their trustees. Also we have the latest news on our Seminar next month and how you can get involved.
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| TPR Governance Survey 2007 |
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Last month The Pension Regulator issued their latest Governance Survey. The Survey covers 500 pension schemes in the UK of different structures and sizes.
The results aim to give The Regulator guidance on how they focus their efforts, as well as present an overall picture of our industry.
The key findings of the survey are as follows:
- Higher levels of trustee training continue to be associated with higher levels of governance activity and the understanding of the board
- There has been an increase in trustee training
- Schemes are not experiencing significant difficulties in recruiting or retaining trustees
- The improvement in trustee understanding has generally not yet translated into greater confidence of trustee boards in managing their schemes
- Scheme confidence in managing conflicts of interest has increased significantly and most schemes consider they manage conflicts effectively
- The majority of DB schemes have investigated the financial standing of the employer over the past year
- 3/5 of schemes have a process to identify the risks that could affect the scheme and its members
- Open schemes show greatest improvement over the year
- Larger schemes are monitoring schemes administration more closely than smaller schemes
To view the Governance Survey in full, please click the link below:
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| "Risk Management underpins good scheme governance" - TPR Governance Report |
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The Regulator's latest Governance Survey found that there is still a great deal of work to be done where control and risk management is concerned. The Survey's results state that only 51% of respondents had put Internal Controls in place to manage these risks.
At eShare we appreciate that producing a risk register is perhaps the easiest part. Properly reviewing all the risks regularly, identifiying mitigating actions and maintaing an audit trail is a mammoth task.
That's why we have developed eControls a complete risk management software module. It manages the whole risk process for you, saving time and money and making it easy to take risk seriously.
eControls manages the risk register, rating risks according to their impact and likelihood. Risks can be assigned to individuals or committees within eMeetings. Once allocated, eControls ensures each risk is looked after and a full audit trail is maintained to each risk review.
To see eControls in action, please click on the link below:
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"Pensions Governance in 2012" |
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Topic: "Pensions Governance in 2012"
Date: 12th September 2007
Venue: Microsoft Campus, Reading
Speakers:
- John Ashcroft - The Pensions Regulator
- Paul Reynolds - Pension Protection Fund
- Jacqui Barker - Royal&SunAlliance
- Alister Esam - eShare
- Wayne Phelan - Punter Southall
We still have a few places remaining if you would like to join us and gain an insight into the future of the industry. The event is free and is open to anyone who would like to attend.
If you have not already done so, you can book your place by calling 0845 200 7829 or e-mail Info@eShareUK.com
To view the agenda for the Seminar, please click the link below:
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Thank you for reading our newsletter and taking an interest in the latest governance issues.
If you would like further information on anything contained in this newsletter or have any questions about eShare, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kindest Regards
Alice Cambata
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