Buck Consultants

Here it is. PP rounds up some of the top stories from the Professional Pensions Show 2011.

US- Mendocino County Employees' Retirement Association (MCERA) received $587,000 in a settlement agreement with former actuary Buck Consultants after the pension fund found the firm had miscalculated contribution rates.

The government are yet to develop a grand vision for pensions and should be prepared to resort to compulsion if auto-enrolment fails, delegates heard.

The next five to ten years will see a "sea level change" in employer benefit provision, according to Buck Consultants head of online and flex Dominic Holmes.

Distrust and apathy will continue to act as a barrier against retirement savings ahead of auto-enrolment, according to research by Buck Consultants.

More than one-third of active defined benefit scheme members could see their benefits reduced if a £155 flat-rate state pension is introduced in 2015.

Buck Consultants has been vindicated of negligence against Singapore Airlines following a discrepancy over the definition of pensionable pay in the airline's scheme rules.

Online fund selection platforms can increase the number of defined contribution members self selecting funds by about half, Bluefin says.

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Buck Consultants has appointed Fraser Smart as its UK managing director with immediate effect.