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Comment: Schemes must be cautious about Aon Consulting / Hewitt Associates deal
Professional Pensions |
12 Jul 2010 | 13:15 
The merger between Aon Consulting and Hewitt Associates marks yet another step in industry consolidation.
Allocations to alternatives triples over past 10 years
Scheme allocations to alternative assets have increased almost three-fold over the past 10 years, Towers Watson research reveals.
Professional Pensions | 12 Jul 2010 | 10:53
Switch to CPI indexation will cut benefits of 12 million DB members
The decision to index occupation pension increases to the CPI measure of inflation will cut the benefits of millions of workers, industry figures warn.
Professional Pensions | 09 Jul 2010 | 12:58
Jonathan-Stapleton
Indexation change: What schemes need to consider now
The announcement the government is set to index private sector pension increases to CPI rather than RPI will raise significant issues for schemes.
Professional Pensions | 09 Jul 2010 | 12:50
Comment: Pensions and CPI
The government has confirmed plans to link private sector pension increases to CPI rather than RPI.
Professional Pensions | 09 Jul 2010 | 09:44
Xafinity buys PwC trustee client business
Xafinity has bought PricewaterhouseCoopers’ scheme actuary, pensions administration and investment consulting business for an undisclosed sum.
Professional Pensions | 09 Jul 2010 | 00:05
Pensions In-Depth: Video interview with Geoffrey Staines
In the latest of PP’s Pensions In-Depth Interviews, Jonathan Stapleton talks to Daily Mail & General Trust pensions director Geoffrey Staines about communications, risk management and in-scheme resource
Professional Pensions |
08 Jul 2010 | 11:51 | 
Alliance Boots staff given more time to apply for DC scheme
Alliance Boots employees will be given extra time to reapply for a new defined contribution pension scheme after the firm refused to allow members to “reserve rights” as part of the joining process.
Professional Pensions | 08 Jul 2010 | 09:00
Warning of ‘third-world’ provision
A “herd-like” move towards defined contribution and a further lowering of scheme quality levels in 2012 could lead to an almost “third-world” level of pension provision, Geoffrey Staines warns.
Professional Pensions | 08 Jul 2010 | 09:00
BBC shows the painful way ahead
The BBC’s plan to close its defined benefit pension scheme to new members and cap the pensionable salary of active members makes it the first major public sector scheme to seriously grapple with its pensions costs.
Professional Pensions |
08 Jul 2010 | 09:00
Unfunded public sector arrangements like 'unstable Ponzi scheme'
Unfunded public sector schemes have been run like an "unstable Ponzi scheme", a report warns.
Professional Pensions | 07 Jul 2010 | 09:54
FSA consults on plans to amend contracting out comparison rules
The Financial Services Authority has gone out to consultation on plans to amend rules regarding contracting out comparisons.
Professional Pensions | 06 Jul 2010 | 13:25
Annuity rates fall following emergency Budget
Saga was the only top five annuity provider not to cut rates following George Osborne’s emergency Budget on June 22, Alexander Forbes Annuity Bureau says.
Professional Pensions | 06 Jul 2010 | 13:03
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