LGPS
Defined Benefit
Lord Hutton's plans for a LGPS career average scheme are set to be brought forward a year to 2014 to offset disputed member contribution hikes, PP understands.
16 December 2011
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Defined Benefit
The £1.4bn Dorset County Council pension fund has reappointed Barnett Waddingham to run its actuarial services.
09 December 2011
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Defined Benefit
DCLG head of pay and pensions indicates Treasury is prepared to merge savings with Hutton reforms.
08 December 2011
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Defined Benefit
Camden Borough Council is hunting for an additional independent advisory firm to help its £900m pension scheme cope with the ever more challenging investment environment.
02 December 2011
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Defined Benefit
More than two million public sector workers, including local government pension scheme members, are staging a 24-hour walk out today over Lord Hutton's pension reform proposals.
30 November 2011
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Defined Benefit
Cabinet ministers are urgently reviewing proposals to merge the Local Government Pension Scheme into a single superfund to improve its governance structures, Professional Pensions understands.
24 November 2011
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Industry
Local government secretary Eric Pickles has vowed to ban the practice of public sector staff retiring with large pension pots then returning to work on new deals.
21 November 2011
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Industry
Andrew Short looks at the number of threats to the cashflows of the Local Government Pension Scheme
17 November 2011
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Investment
Merseyside Pension Fund is set to widen the collateral permitted for use in its securities lending programme in a bid to boost its revenue by 20%.
17 November 2011
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Defined Benefit
More than half of Local Government Pension Scheme members, nearly two million people, will opt-out if government increases employee contributions, union research says.
16 November 2011
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