News
Appointments
Standard Life head of policy John Lawson has joined Aviva's corporate benefits division.
11 October 2012
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Appointments
Investec Asset Management has appointed Stephen Lee as sales director in its UK institutional team.
11 October 2012
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Appointments
The Association of Investment Companies has appointed Andrew Bell as its chairman elect, who will succeed incumbent chairman Sarah Bates.
11 October 2012
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Defined Benefit
Schools joining the government's academy programme are being forced to pay their share of local government pension scheme deficits over drastically shortened time periods.
11 October 2012
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Defined Contribution
The defined contribution market is "dysfunctional" and marked by "disingenuous" fund charges which halve the retirement income of members in low-cost schemes, the Pensions Institute says.
11 October 2012
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Industry
The Pensions Administration Standards Association has launched an accreditation process in a bid to improve standards in the industry.
11 October 2012
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Investment
De-risking strategies have been called into question amid record low gilt yields and a continuing period of low interest rates.
11 October 2012
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Legislation
The European Commission's overhaul of its pensions directive is rushed, counterproductive and borrows too heavily from Solvency II, says a key member of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.
11 October 2012
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Regulation
The Pensions Regulator has softened its approach to companies that cut back on contributions.
11 October 2012
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Industry
Plans put forward to fill deficits in ten years or longer will no longer receive extra scrutiny as a matter of course, The Pensions Regulator says.
11 October 2012
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