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United Kingdom
UK - WHSmith Pension Trust has closed its final salary scheme and will be transferring the scheme's active members to a defined contribution plan.
11 January 2007
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THE FACULTY of Actuaries will report to members at the end of January on its plans to merge with the Institute of Actuaries.
10 January 2007
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The pensions industry needs to simplify and modernise its language if it is to restore the public's faith in retirement savings, a new study claims.
10 January 2007
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A petition by over-50s financial services firm Saga calling for the restoration of scheme wind-up victims' pensions has been signed by over 7000 people.
10 January 2007
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Schemes and sponsors should not fool themselves that accounting standard FRS17 gives a true value of liabilities, actuaries warn.
10 January 2007
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Employee Benefits
FIRMS should give employees who smoke help to kick the habit when the government's smoking ban comes into force later this year, a health advisory group says.
10 January 2007
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PENSION scheme deficits in the FTSE350 companies dropped by nearly a third in 2006, research by Mercer HR Consulting shows.
10 January 2007
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US
US - (CalSTRS) has admitted its SRI policy requires an "extreme makeover" and needs to move to a "newer global UN standard".
10 January 2007
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Employee Benefits
EMPLOYERS are being urged to support workers who suffer from seasonal affective disorder.
10 January 2007
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