July 2026
Diligent alternatives for UK boards and trustees in 2026
Six alternatives compared honestly, why boards switch, and when Diligent is still the right answer.
Product updates, announcements, and press.
Big moments, small ones, and everything in between. The latest from the platform, the team, and the boards we serve.
July 2026
Six alternatives compared honestly, why boards switch, and when Diligent is still the right answer.
July 2026
An honest comparison of six platforms for UK trustee boards: Knowa, Diligent, OnBoard, Convene, Board Intelligence and BoardPacks.
July 2026
What trustee minutes must include, how long to keep them, and a free downloadable template built to stand up to scrutiny.
July 2026
The least visible role in pension governance, and the one everything depends on. Core duties, the annual cycle, and the tooling.
July 2026
ERISA never says "keep minutes". It says "be prudent", and in a dispute the minutes are the only proof you were. A fiduciary guide.
July 2026
A written AI policy sets out what the board expects. Whether the tools honour it is a separate question - and for most boards the honest answer is that nothing enforces it.
May 2026
A permanent home for pension scheme governance records after wind-up. Knowa Archive keeps every document, decision and communication accessible, searchable and legally defensible, long after the final trustee meeting.
May 2026
A new Knowa white paper examines why pension trustee boards risk becoming the place where decisions are signed rather than made, and what care-architected technology should do about it.
May 2026
Knowa CEO Amédée Levillain on why ungoverned AI is the default in pension governance, what The Pensions Regulator expects boards to do about it, and nine questions every trustee board should be asking.
May 2026
Knowa CEO Amédée Levillain is publishing a series of nine governance questions for trustee boards evaluating AI. The first two are live, and the standard they set is already reshaping the conversation.
May 2026
Wind-up checklists exist for benefits, buy-out, and regulatory notification. What does not typically appear on any of them is the governance record itself, and that omission is quietly one of the most consequential risks in the process.
March 2026
A complete guide for trustees, governors, and directors: what board governance software does, who needs it, and what separates a useful platform from a digitised filing cabinet.
January 2026
87% of pensions professionals say their firm uses AI. 75% say it currently touches only 1-5% of their services. The gap between those two numbers is the story, and the governance opportunity trustees cannot afford to miss.
November 2025
Knowa has been ISO 27001 certified continuously since 2023. The 2026 surveillance audit reconfirmed the full scope with zero major non-conformities.
December 2024
The CFA Institute's global study on AI in pension management highlights Knowa as a case study in governance technology, alongside BlackRock, WTW and Stanford.
October 2024
Cardano's Discover AI covenant analysis tool is now integrated into the Knowa platform, bringing real-time covenant insights to trustees' fingertips with AI-powered querying via Knowa Q.
September 2024
Capterra publishes its key features report for board management software. Knowa ranks #1 in four out of five categories.
September 2024
Amédée Levillain joined an expert panel at the National Association of Corporate Directors to discuss why governance matters for nonprofits and how technology is removing board amnesia.
July 2024
Knowa is placed as the top software solution in GetApp Category Leaders for Board Management Software, with an overall rating of 4.8 out of 5 across all Gartner Digital Markets sites.
June 2024
Knowa has now won UK Pensions Technology of the Year three times (2020, 2022, 2024), the only platform in the category to do so.
May 2024
Knowa CEO Amédée Levillain joins Microsoft and Bank of America on stage at the PSCA National Conference in Salt Lake City to share insights on AI in the retirement sector.
April 2024
Knowa exhibits at the PASA conference, with our co-founder and CPTO joining the AI in Pensions panel to discuss delivering real AI products to people doing real work in pensions.
February 2024
How Knowa can add value before, during and after buy-in and wind-up - from improving governance data quality to becoming a permanent home for the scheme's record.
December 2023
Knowa announces the launch of Knowa Q - the single biggest release of AI-powered features to individuals involved in board governance, ever. Available to all Knowa users at no additional cost.
October 2023
An exhilarating 3 days for the Knowa team at the 2023 PLSA Annual Conference in Manchester, showcasing the future of pension trusteeship with AI and automation.
November 2022
Changes in personnel are a fact of life. When they happen, it leads to loss of information and knowledge - or 'board amnesia'. Here's how schemes can mitigate the risk.
October 2022
Knowa wins Innovation in Systems & Technology at the Pension Management Institute's inaugural Pinnacle Awards 2022.
October 2022
Knowa heads to Liverpool for the PLSA Annual Conference to exhibit our latest AI-powered features and AI Intelligent Search.
September 2022
Knowa wins Technology Innovation of the Year at the UK Pensions Awards 2022 - our second win in three years.
April 2022
How challenging traditional approaches can benefit Board members and improve the outcome of their meetings.
October 2020
Knowa wins Technology Innovation of the Year at the UK Pensions Awards 2020.
April 2020
Most boards will recognise that digitally transformed board governance is a when, not an if. But a majority have fallen into the trap of thinking that 'random acts of digital' equates to a digital strategy.
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