Industry

The Labour Party has named Douglas Alexander as shadow secretary of state for work and pensions.

It is inevitable large numbers of very small NEST pension pots will remain unclaimed by people who are auto-enrolled, Lawrence Churchill admits.

Public sector workers will budge no further on pension reforms and will fight recommendations in Lord Hutton's review, unions say.

Lord Hutton has asked government to look at the discount rate used to value public sector pensions as he believes it is too high.

The Pension Protection Fund's proposed levy calculation reforms will bring "stability and predictability" to scheme payments, chief executive Alan Rubenstein says.

The industry "won't be in suspense much longer" over NEST, Steve Webb told delegates.

Trustee life coach Brian Holden updates his views on fund gover­nance following the publication of his independent report in November 2008

Investment bank J.P. Morgan has started quoting prices for Consumer Prices Index swaps after the government announced it would change the indexation basis for pension increases from RPI to CPI this summer.

Helen Morrissey and Charlotte Moore look at scheme governance practices around the globe, seeing differing structures but often the same objectives

Auto-enrolment is placing a significant burden on payroll and human resource departments, as they struggle to cope with the changes in preparation for 2012, rpmi says.