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- PwC expands pensions practice as revenue doubles - 4 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS has admitted Alan Higham, Jonathon Land and Chris Massey as pensions partners and appointed Richard Giles as director. - Scheme member pays penalty tax charge - 4 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
THE final member of a small self-administered scheme had to pay penalty tax charges after he tried to take £225,000 as a tax-free lump sum. - Lothian Pension Fund selects Hermes EOS - 4 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
The £3bn Lothian Pension Fund has selected Hermes Equity Ownership Services to manage a voting and corporate governance overlay mandate. - North Yorkshire County Council appoints Mercer - 4 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
NORTH YORKSHIRE County Council has appointed Mercer to provide actuarial services to its £1.2bn pension scheme. - Credit crunch could cause contribution demand rises - EXCLUSIVE - 4 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
Company failure to react to the credit crunch could lead to hikes in scheme contributions, PricewaterhouseCoopers warns. - Annuity ignorance scandal - EXCLUSIVE - 4 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
Hundreds of thousands of pensioners are losing out because they were not told to shop around for the best annuity, a former Downing Street adviser claims. - Round up – July 4 - 4 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
Silver lining to gloom over pensions and shares; Pension providers must innovate for rule change; Sovereign fund idea to boost Japan's pensions - Round up - July 3 - 3 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
Pensions drop by 10% in private sector; Expat pension schemes - Singapore sling may sink pensions; Gurkhas lose High Court battle over pensions - TPR team head steps down following restructure - 3 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
The Pensions Regulator head of corporate risk management Martine Trouard-Riolle is stepping down following a management restructure. - Managers say buyouts will be strategy of choice - EXCLUSIVE - 3 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
More than two-thirds of scheme managers believe buyout, partial buyout, buy-in or other similar risk reduction products will become mainstream strategies for schemes over the next five years. - BAA workers approve pension changes - 3 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
BRITISH Airport Authority workers have voted in favour of the proposed changes to the company’s pensions plan. - EAI study shows scheme pressure improving EFI research coverage - 3 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
PRESSURE from pension schemes is improving research coverage of extra-financial issues, latest Enhanced Analytics Initiative research reveals. - Ombudsman upholds decision in Hobbs case - 3 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
The pensions ombudsman has confirmed he cannot overturn a decision by trustees simply because it may appear unfair. - NAPF says IGG must not become “backdoor route” for regulation - 3 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
THE Investment Governance Group must not become a backdoor route for further regulation, the National Association of Pension Funds warns. - Occupational schemes see 400,000 drop in membership during 2007 - 2 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
THE number of people enrolled in occupational pension schemes fell by 400,000 in 2007, official figures show. - Cardano boosts London-based ALM capability with Mercer hire - 2 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
CARDANO has hired Rakesh Girdharlal to boost its London-based solutions team. - Round up - July 2 - 2 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
Shares gloom leaves pension funds with £30bn deficit; £500m to help police pensions; Growing ranks of elderly add to costs dilemma; Unite becomes a transatlantic force - UEBS and Aberdeen team up to launch education initiative - 2 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
THE University of Edinburgh Business School has teamed up with Aberdeen Asset Management to launch a series of educational seminars driven by the pensions industry. - Hammersmith & Fulham makes £120m foray into dynamic asset allocation - 2 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
THE London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Superannuation Fund has selected Baring Asset Managemnent and Ruffer to run dynamic asset allocation briefs worth £120m. - SSAS member faces penalty charges after losing HRMC challenge - 2 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
THE final member of a small self-administered scheme had to pay penalty tax charges after he tried to take £225,000 as a tax-free lump sum. - TPAS reports record number of queries - 2 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
THE Pensions Advisory Service handled a record number of enquiries last year, its annual report reveals. - Berkshire tenders for seven mandates in diversification bid - 1 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
THE £1.45bn Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has gone out to tender for seven mandates in a bid to diversify its assets. - Capita appoints five directors in bid to bolster board - 1 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
Capita Hartshead has appointed five new directors to manage different specialist services within the company. - BESTrustees hires associate to boost Glasgow team - 1 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
BESTrustees has appointed Zahir Fazal as an associate in its Glasgow office. - Round up - July 1 - 1 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
Lehman goes head to head with pension buyout specialists; Personal Account set to fail; Consumers fail to save despite the gloom; Inflation puts pressure on emerging economies - IoA president says merger with FoA key challenge - 1 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
INSTITUTE of Actuaries president Nigel Masters believes the proposed merger with the Faculty of Actuaries will be a significant challenge during his term in office. - TPR publishes final wind-up guidance for trustees - 1 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
THE Pensions Regulator has published final guidance for occupational scheme trustees to help them meet the government’s expectations on scheme wind-ups. - Scheme funding levels worsen in June - 1 Jul 2008 (Online Article)
SCHEME funding levels plummeted in June, latest data from Aon and Watson Wyatt reveals. - B&CE calls for increased pensions education - 30 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
LESS than half of workers are aware of the tax incentives of saving into a pension, B&CE Benefit Schemes says. - Watson Wyatt expands global quant team - 30 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
WATSON WYATT has hired Jagdeep Singh Bains as a senior investment consultant to its newly launched quantitative research and investment systems group. - Round up - June 30 - 30 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
Pensions threatened as Britons fail to save; Brown blamed over plummeting pensions; Five new funds for China's pensions - PCS warns firms over irrecoverable surpluses - 30 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
CHANGES to accounting standards and growing irrecoverable surpluses are becoming a major concern to companies and shareholders, Pension Capital Strategies says. - SWIP reveals pensions saving is inadequate - 30 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
HALF of Britons are not adequately saving for retirement, Scottish Widows research reveals. - PRAG rejects ASB proposals on accounting for pensions - 30 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
The Pensions Research Accountants Group has rejected Accounting Standards Board proposals on pensions reporting. - Government changes rules to allow SIPPs to hold protected rights - 27 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
INVESTORS will have more choice from October following changes to pensions rules allowing protected rights to be held in self-invested personal pensions, the government announced. - Round up - June 27 - 27 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
Pension study criticises disclosure practice; John Lewis votes to improve final salary pension scheme; Cost of police pensions may mean cull on the front line - PAN hires Earnshaw from NTGA to boost growth - 27 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
PAN Governance has hired Tony Earnshaw as a board member in a bid to boost its independent trusteeship and governance services. - Unions to step up campaign for 50% MNTs - 27 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
UNIONS are set to step up their campaign to make sure trustee boards are made up of at least 50pc member nominated trustees, the Trades Union Congress says. - Pensions Review debate live - 27 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
Professional Pensions has launched its latest Pensions Review panel debate. - ACA: Pensions Bill risk-sharing amendment ‘last chance’ for government - 27 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
AN amendment to the Pensions Bill allowing risk-sharing schemes is the government’s "last chance" to boost workplace pensions, the Association of Consulting Actuaries says. - ABI says cautious investment strategies do not improve scheme safety - 27 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
SCHEMES selecting a conservative investment allocation strategy could take 16 years longer to reach a well funded position, Association of British Insurers research shows. - Round up - June 26 - 26 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
Stuart Rose faces shareholder revolt at M&S annual meeting; Cowdery denied B&B access; Fed sits tight as ECB chief signals rate rise; Barclays’ bosses await vindication - Bulk buyouts could overwhelm annuity market - EXCLUSIVE - 26 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
THE growth of bulk buyouts and the introduction of personal accounts could overwhelm the annuity market, an expert warns. - Pelikan Hardcopy appoints HACL for ‘one-stop’ service - 26 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
PELIKAN Hardcopy Scotland has appointed HSBC Actuaries and Consultants to provide a range of services for its UK defined benefit pension scheme. - Watson Wyatt announces retirement of Ian Farr - 26 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
IAN FARR is set to retire from Watson Wyatt at the end of the month. - Action needed to tackle unfunded public sector scheme liabilities - EXCLUSIVE - 26 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
URGENT action is need to tackle unfunded public sector pension liabilities that may double the national debt, the Tories, employers and industry experts warn. - Managers believe trustee training should be mandatory - EXCLUSIVE - 26 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
The vast majority of scheme managers believe trustee training should be compulsory, an exclusive snapshot poll for Professional Pensions shows. - CFA Institute launches code of conduct for trustees - 26 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
THE Chartered Financial Analyst Institute has launched a code of conduct and guidance to promote ethical behaviour and corporate governance amongst trustees. - PPF could collect £160m more than target due to risk-based buffer - 25 Jun 2008 (Online Article)
THE Pension Protection Fund could collect around £160m more than its target of £675m through the buffer built into risk-based levy demands, a consultant claims.
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