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January 5 – Round up
5 Jan 2009
Bellway faces shareholder revolt; BarCap predicts slump in hedge fund industry ...(more)
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- Round up – December 18 - 18 Dec 2008
Decade of decline for elderly savers; Public pension gulf - Round up – December 17 - 17 Dec 2008
Uncertainty over pension errors; Fury over SNP decision to continue overpaying Scottish public sector pensions; We can't go on paying gold-plated pensions; Pension chief admits 40% goes in fees - Round up – December 16 - 16 Dec 2008
Darling to write off £100m in pension plunder; Firm at centre of storm has been paying public sector pensions for over 170 years; Pension Insurance buys Thorn employee fund - Round up – December 15 - 15 Dec 2008
CBI calls for reform that will defuse "pensions timebomb"; Thorn pension scheme switch; Royal Mail is facing a pensions deficit of £7bn pensions hole; Final salary schemes are indefensible; Alarm bells ringing over security of covenants; Pension fund assets in OECD suffer 20% fall - Round up – 12 - 12 Dec 2008
Warning on final salary pensions; Employers say widespread pay cuts can't be ruled out; 22,000 vie for 500 top civil service jobs; Pension problems may hamper any BA deal, but not as much as politics; Other side of the pension divide
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The latest Professional Pensions Conjecture debate looked at the key issues surrounding the governance of DC schemes.
The debate was chaired by Professional Pensions editorial director Lawrence Gosling and included Aegon managing director for corporate pensions Andy Marchant, Watson Wyatt senior DC consultant Adam Stevenson and Independent Trustee Services director Carol Perry.
Conjecture looked at how employers offering contract-based schemes can engage proactively in scheme governance; what this engagement involves and whether this would be a significant step towards improving governance.
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- UK Pensions Awards 2008 - Final shortlists published 13 Mar 2008
Here it is - the complete shortlist for this year's UK Pensions Awards. - Professional Pensions launches Conjecture 18 Mar 2008
Professional Pensions is launching a series of web-based conference debates aimed at scheme managers, trustees and consultants. - Professional Pensions Spring Show 2008 - Registration opens 13 Feb 2008
The registration process for the first Professional Pensions Spring Show has now opened.
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