Opinion

For those of you who may have missed my column last week, I mentioned I was considering acting as an agent for Robin Ellison as he attempts to become an MP in my constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn.

I am giving serious consideration to getting involved in politics.

There must be red flags frantically waving in meeting rooms across the pension industry at the moment.

It is rare for companies to have any good news with regards to the pension schemes they sponsor.

Last weekend I was lucky enough to spend the entire weekend watching Formula One at Silverstone, courtesy of Ferrier Pearce and rpmi.

Last week, PP reported some financiers believed accounting deficit figures and the actuarial profession were "mistrusted" by equity investors.

The size of the deal is startling. The firm created by the merger of BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors - BlackRock Global Investors - will have assets under management of over $2.7trn and employ more than 9000 people in 24 different countries.

It could not have been a worse week for defined benefit pension scheme provision in the UK.

Professional Pensions Conjecture

Professional Pensions Conjecture