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Pensions

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Company provision of group risk insurance products

Grouping risk products provides a cost-effective way for companies to manage the cost of employee benefits packages, while ensuring staff are covered for all eventualities Download an ebook pdf of Decisions: Pensions and Employee Benefits

23 Nov 2009

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Why Section 75 of the Pensions Act has everyone quaking in their boots

Complex draft rules governing employer debt could prove to be a timebomb for unsuspecting business Download an ebook pdf of Decisions: Pensions and Employee Benefits

23 Nov 2009

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Tough economic times demand greater return on investment

Securities lending is controversial, but in lean financial times working your assets hard can provide returns worth a look in Download an ebook pdf of Decisions: Pensions and Employee Benefits

23 Nov 2009

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Special Report - Pensions Risk Management: Bull, horns, grab – getting a grip on pensions risk

FDs must get closer to trustees to get a grip on pension risk. But they must also organise and deliver a new risk-considered financial strategy for the fund too. Click here to download a full PDF of Financial Director's Special Report on Pensions Risk Management

19 Oct 2009

Analysis

Shot with the stupid gun: was Darling just playing to the gallery when he taxed rich people's pensions?

Slapping even more tax on rich people’s pensions is going to result in less revenue for the Treasury, not more. The Chancellor is taking careful aim at both feet and pulling the trigger.

25 May 2009

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Looks interesting: the future of pension scheme assets

Pension scheme assets have taken a hammering, with poor investment returns leaving huge deficits. But these pale in comparison with the dangers posed by longer life expectancy.

23 Feb 2009

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Feeling the strain: is the PPF at death's door?

Despite some high-profile corporate failures, the Pension Protection Fund insists it isn’t overburdened. The Pensions Regulator will prevent trustees making the situation worse.

23 Feb 2009

Analysis

Return of the long weekend: why four-day weeks are fraught with problems

A three-day weekend should be cause for celebration. But not all employees will welcome a cut in the working week.

23 Feb 2009

Analysis

Trustee pension scheme remuneration on the rise

Pension schemes are now more likely to pay their trustees as the sector continues to professionalise its practices, according to Mercer’s annual trustee survey ­ – but trustees are still lacking job descriptions.

23 Dec 2008

Feature

Safe haven: Lehmans downfall changes the face of liability-driven investment

The collapse of Lehmans brings a new danger to pension funds: the risk that counterparties in swap deals could go under overnight. Is there a safe way to do liability-driven investment?

24 Nov 2008

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You have been warned - now is the time to examine DC schemes

Transferring from DB to DC schemes may help shed the financial risk of final salary, but it will not absolve companies from their responsibility to tell employees what they are getting into

24 Nov 2008

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Everyone's a winner: the best way to transfer out of final salary schemes

Offering transfer packages to high-earning employees in order to reduce final salary pensions liabilities is dangerous. But get it right and it’s a win-win situation for all involved

24 Nov 2008

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