News
Uncategorised
AN online service to raise the standard of trustee board performance has been launched by Muse Advisory.
18 July 2008
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US
US - Presidential candidate John McCain's adviser on pensions has warned the US faces a potentially catastrophic economic scenario unless workers can be encouraged to save more for their retirement.
18 July 2008
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US
US - The US$171bn California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has committed to almost double its climate change investments and increase the diversity of its manager portfolios.
18 July 2008
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Mandates
THE Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames has gone out to tender for a global transition manager for its £330m pension fund.
17 July 2008
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Defined Benefit
Pension scheme arrangements could come "full circle" if defined contribution schemes fail to deliver for savers, the Pensions Management Institute says.
17 July 2008
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Regulation
THE most common complaint to the pensions ombudsman office was the refusal of ill-health pensions, its annual report reveals.
17 July 2008
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Uncategorised
MINISTERS and regulators were "passive, reactive and complacent" in dealing with the collapse of Equitable Life, a report by the parliamentary ombudsman concludes.
17 July 2008
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Bulk Annuities
BUYOUT firms are looking to restructure their teams to cope with increasing demand, consultants say.
17 July 2008
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Press
Equitable Life victims ‘should get billions in compensation'; FSA regulators who failed to spot the Northern Rock crisis should lose pensions; Union targets private equity firms over pensions
17 July 2008
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United Kingdom
UK - The £330m (US$660m) London Borough of Kingston upon Thames pension fund has tendered for a transition manager.
17 July 2008
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