Employee Benefits

AUSTRALIA - The government has rejected a call from leading economists to drop compulsory superannuation contributions to 6% as part of an economic stimulus package.

COMMERCIAL law firm Beachcroft has re-launched its occupational pension scheme for its 1400 employees.

Trustees of the British Regional Airlines Group pension scheme have appointed Mercer as actuarial and investment adviser to its Isle of Man-based pension schemes.

US public pension plans walk a fine line between being some of the world's most sophisticated money managers and bowing to government rules and bureaucracy. Andrew Sheen investigates

In its second annual roundtable on the topic, Global Pensions gathered key spokespeople in Stockholm to discuss investment in emerging markets

Christine Senior examines the properties of gold as an asset class in its own right by talking to some of its advocates in the investment world

THE Local Authority Pension Fund Forum has become a member of the Investor Network on Climate Risk.

UK - Around 30% of UK workers have not saved or contributed enough towards a pension plan due to financial constraints, while those approaching retirement fear for the future, new research shows.

UK - BT's plan to cut 10,000 jobs by March will not affect the agreed changes to its defined benefit pension scheme, the Communication Workers Union says.

HYMANS ROBERTSON has launched the first longevity comparison club for UK pension trustees was launched last night.