Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 44971

Pension Funds: Risk Assessment

Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Mary Glindon

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that fiduciary duty explicitly places a duty on pension fund trustees to consider system risks.

Answer

Torsten Bell
Trustees have a range of duties set out in governing provisions of the scheme, common law and relevant statutory provisions. These include duties to make investment decisions in the best interests of members of the pension scheme. The Law Commission concl...

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