News
Switzerland
SWITZERLAND/GLOBAL - Swiss alternative asset manager LGT Capital Partners has closed three private equity funds after raising $4.1bn from institutional investors.
16 September 2010
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Defined Contribution
Advisers are set to turn their backs on conventional annuities and recommend asset-backed alternatives as annuity rate crashes continue to plague retirees.
16 September 2010
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Industry
Introducing the National Association of Pension Fund's proposal for a simple, single state pension would "really help" the auto-enrolment reforms, Adrian Boulding says.
16 September 2010
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Defined Benefit
The UK's biggest firms have pumped £13bn into their defined benefit pension schemes in the last 12 months, research shows.
16 September 2010
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Defined Contribution
EUROPE - Multinationals with defined contribution plans in Eastern Europe are starting to favour pan-European vehicles instead, John Hall, head of the international consulting practice for EMEA at Mercer said.
16 September 2010
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Press
Saga appoints champion to do battle for the baby-boomers; BBC pension trustees 'outraged' by proposed cuts
16 September 2010
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Defined Benefit
Department store John Lewis has cut more than £330m from its defined benefit deficit this year, half year results reveal.
16 September 2010
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Industry
CBI warns that Pensions Regulator statements are endangering the market
16 September 2010
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Industry
The Pensions Regulator will use its powers "aggressively" against schemes which knowingly take on risks in excess of the sponsor covenant, Bill Galvin warns.
16 September 2010
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Industry
The winners of this year's Pension Scheme of the Year Awards will be announced at a gala awards evening at the London Marriott Hotel on Grosvenor Square tonight.
16 September 2010
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