Unions around the globe put pressure on asset managers to come clean over charges to pensions schemes
The article Come clean on charges and watch pension investments rise, says new union report…Read more…
Pension reform is urgently needed
Unclear investment systems are leaving workers in the dark over the cost
The article Pension reform is urgently needed first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Court tells Government they cannot make Council Pensions funds be dependent on Boris Johnson Whims
In a victory for common sense the Courts have apparently thrown out the requirement that Council Pension funds have to invest according to the political whims of the UK Foreign office.
Who on earth would want their pension being dependent on the…Read more…
Westminister Hall Parliament Debate on Red Tory plans to “Leninism” the Local Government Penison Scheme
Yesterday evening I went to the Parliamentary debate at Grand Committee Room in Westminster Hall, which took place following the 105,000 signatures in the petition against Tory plans to direct and control the 5 Million member, £200 billion UK Local Government Pensions Scheme.
I sat…Read more…
UNISON Capital Stewards Website
I have just signed into the new UNISON website for Capital Stewards and will start posting some links and articiles over the next few days. The site is currently only for UNISON activists and is password protected. If you are a UNISON pension trustee o…Read more…
#uNEC15 UNISON LGPS Reform Campaign fringe
Picture of UNISON Capital Stewardship officer, Colin Meech, at last nights fringe “Why Governance and Economics Are Now Critical for Members”. This took place at the end of Local Government Conference and the eve of National delegate conference.
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Are Council pension funds being ripped off? File on 4
On Tuesday evening (and repeated 5pm today) the excellent investigative Radio 4 programme “File on 4” examined whether at the same time that Councils are suffering from massive Government cuts – their pension funds are also being ripped off by fund man…Read more…
UNISON LGPS Seminar 2014 – Time to govern YOUR money!
This was my welcome speech to the 120 UNISON reperesentatives who attended our National Local Government Pension Scheme seminar.
I chaired the meeting but stole most of this intro from the speech that our President, Lucia McKeever, was due to deliver….Read more…