Association of Consulting Actuaries

Grasping the nettle of guaranteed minimum pensions

Jonathan Stapleton says things were going so well...

The DMO should issue CPI-linked gilts on shorter durations of ten to 20 years to match schemes' shorter-dated CPI-linked liabilities, two of the industry's biggest bodies say.

Why are some employers still unprepared for 2012?

Two-thirds of employers with no pension scheme say they are unlikely to auto-enrol employees into the National Employment Savings Trust or a qualifying scheme, ACA research finds.

PP conducted an online poll asking whether the government should hold fire on proposals forcing schemes to make adjustments to benefits to compensate for the effects of unequal GMPs. Here are the results.

Many within the industry want the government to hold fire on proposals forcing schemes to make adjustments to benefits to compensate for the effects of unequal GMPs - what's your view?

EUROPE - The Association of Consulting Actuaries has urged government to seek further legal certainty on guaranteed minimum pension equalisation because of the £10bn ($16bn) cost to employers.

Pushing ahead with early access proposals would have risked greater dependency on the state pension and left schemes and providers in a "bureaucratic tangle", the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Jenna Towler asks if the coalition is keep its word on pensions