Still room for improvement in pension trustee training?

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Pension scheme trustees are beginning to take steps to improve their knowledge and understanding new research reveals.

But the findings of the research published by the Pensions Regulator also indicated a mixed picture of standards of governance and administration amongst occupational pension schemes. The regulator's Occupational Pension Schemes Regulatory Survey finds only 3% of large schemes do not provide trustees with training, compared to 23% of medium sized schemes and 62% of small schemes. The research finds demand among all types of occupational schemes for the new e-learning programme being offered by the Pensions Regulator, with 68% of survey respondents saying scheme trustees would be likely ...

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