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Closure to accrual – managing the legacy

Professional Pensions | 04 Mar 2010 | 09:00

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

Feature: Seeking returns from cash

As the financial crisis-induced demand for cash begins to wane, Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at where cautious fund managers are seeking returns

Professional Pensions | 04 Mar 2010 | 09:00

Managers back focus on administration

Nearly two-thirds of pension managers believe an increasing regulatory focus on scheme administration will improve service levels for members.

Professional Pensions | 04 Mar 2010 | 09:00

Other Feature Articles

Analysis: Choosing how to reduce risk

Matthew Craig looks at the stages trustees must go through to deal with scheme liabilities, and the factors they should consider before opting for a buy-in or buyout

Professional Pensions | 26 Feb 2010 | 13:06

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Analysis: Charting the rise of DC

Helen Morrissey talks to Paul Macro about the results of Towers Watson's FTSE 100 defined contribution pension scheme survey

Professional Pensions | 25 Feb 2010 | 09:00

Default funds in the firing line

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: an independent trustee recently branded DC default investment strategies as a cop out by trustees – do you agree?

Professional Pensions | 22 Feb 2010 | 09:00

Preparing for target date funds

As target date funds emerge as the likely choice for NEST’s deafult fund, Sebastian Cheek looks at what the industry must do to prepare and considers what lessons can be learnt from the US DC market

Professional Pensions | 22 Feb 2010 | 09:00

American friends: Bringing class actions to the UK

Giovanni Legorano investigates the increasing trend for US law firms to seek security class action business in western Europe

Professional Pensions | 18 Feb 2010 | 09:00

NAPF View: Building a successful NEST

David McCourt outlines the National Association of Pension Funds’ response to the department for work and pensions’ consultation document on default options

Professional Pensions | 15 Feb 2010 | 12:13

Analysis: The evolving role of consultants

Raquel Pichardo-Allison discusses the changing relationship between pensions funds and their consultants, and asks whether consultants will need to share their role with third-party providers.

Professional Pensions | 15 Feb 2010 | 12:10

A growing liability

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the causes of the current rise in inflation and asks how long it might be expected to continue and what trustees can do to protect their funds from the extra liability.

Professional Pensions | 15 Feb 2010 | 12:09

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A brighter future?

DC schemes are poised for a better 2010, but there are potholes ahead, as Sebastian Cheek reports

Professional Pensions | 28 Jan 2010 | 15:24

What lies beneath...

Matthew Craig highlights the importance of monitoring custodians

Professional Pensions | 21 Jan 2010 | 09:00

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