Pensions Age Features list

Pensions scheme power struggle
Peter Davy asks if rumours that an increasing number of employers are forcing trustees to adopt their scheme investment policies are true (Sept.2008).

Making savings for pensions cool
Marek Handzel looks at why employers should not give up hope of being able to entice young people into a scheme (Sept.2008).

Don't get hooked by SIPP hype
Steve Patterson urges caution around protected rights being included in SIPPs (Sept.2008).

2008 Pensions Bill
Christopher Andrews analyses the current state of the protracted 2008 Pensions Bill (August 2008).

Traded Life Policies: profit from mortality
Nadine Wojakovski examines the growth in interest over traded life policies and asks if any ethical worries over the asset class could hold back its growth (August 2008).

The next generation of DC pension plans
Nick Cook considers the fear of DC under-delivery, what the next generation of DC pension plans might look like and the step changes needed to get there. (August 2008)

We don't need no financial education
Ellie Bennett finds that boredom and mistrust could thwart plans to create a more financially literate UK population. (July 2008)

Waiting for some real answers from the TCF
The FSA's Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) initiative has left some financial advisers rather confused finds Peter Davy ( July 2008)

The rising cost of pension protection
Nadine Wojakovski says that the surprising rise in the Pension Protection Fund's levy scaling factor may be an indication that companies will be hit with increasingly higher levies in the years to come, as the number of people relying on the organisation rises (July 2008)

Hedge funds are weathering the storm
Peter Davy finds that despite the tough conditions, hedge funds are riding the storm (June 2008)

The third way between annuities and drawdown
David Adams examines the growing space between annuities and income drawdown (June 2008)

The data problem
Marek Handzel whether scheme trustees have finally singled out data as a problem that needs solving (June 2008)

FRS17 - how accurate is it?
David Konotey assesses the potential impact of proposed changes to FRS17 ( June 2008)

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