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NAPF Investment Conference 2010: Accounting standards review to launch

Professional Pensions | 11 Mar 2010 | 13:09

The National Association of Pension Funds is set to launch a major review into the standards used for accounting for pensions.

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Council contractors unaware of end of contract pension costs

More than two-thirds of contractors who take on outsourced local authority services are unaware of potentially crippling pensions costs at the end of their contract, Punter Southall research reveals.

Professional Pensions | 10 Mar 2010 | 13:12

Costain faces negative shareholder equity due to scheme volatility

Costain has announced it has closed its defined benefit pension scheme to future accrual in a bid to reduce risk and volatility.

Professional Pensions | 10 Mar 2010 | 12:52

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Closure to accrual – managing the legacy

You’ve taken the painful step of closing your defined benefit pension plan to future accrual, but that does not mean your pension issues are sorted. Lane Clark & Peacock partner Richard Murphy looks at the challenges facing companies and trustees to deliver legacy pension benefits while controlling costs

No easy options on risk

Closing a defined benefits scheme to future accrual is a simple way of derisking, but as Gill Wadsworth points out, it is far from a problem-free solution and not the only option worth considering

Looking beyond the tipping point

Richard Lowe discusses the sustainability and appropriateness of defined contribution as a suitable replacement for defined benefit

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Professional Pensions preview – March 11 edition

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Tom Selby previews the March 11 edition of Professional Pensions.

Professional Pensions preview – March 4 edition

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Professional Pensions preview – February 25 edition

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Professional Pensions preview – February 18 edition

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Professional Pensions preview – February 11 edition

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