News
United Kingdom
UK - British Telecom's rivals have attacked the telecoms giant for seeking to charge customers to help plug its £8.8bn (US$13.1bn) scheme deficit.
02 March 2010
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Press
BT's pension plug plan under attack from rivals; Rolls boss suffers a £2m pension hit
02 March 2010
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Defined Contribution
Electrical specialist Comet is the latest scheme to receive the National Association of Pension Funds pension quality mark.
02 March 2010
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Defined Benefit
Visteon pensioners will protest outside the Houses of Parliament at the end of the month over claims former parent company Ford broke promises to protect their pensions.
02 March 2010
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Appointments
Herbert Smith has added pensions lawyer Dan Schaffer to its partnership.
02 March 2010
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Europe
EUROPE - The current version of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive does not have the qualified majority support in the in the European Council (EC) needed to pass, a document by the EC showed.
02 March 2010
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Industry
HM Revenue & Customs has relaxed anti-forestalling rules for pension transfers.
02 March 2010
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Admin / Technology
Tata Consultancy Services will administer the National Employment Savings Trust.
02 March 2010
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United Kingdom
UK - Tata Consultancy Services will administer the National Employment Savings Trust.
02 March 2010
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North America
US - The Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (Illinois TRS) has terminated BlackRock from a US$643.5m domestic enhanced equity mandate for poor performance and hired a slew of other managers.
02 March 2010
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