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Pensions Watch - Issue 51
28 July 2011
Analysis conducted by consultant Barnett Waddingham and the Centre for Global Finance at the University of the West of England ...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 50
24 June 2011
Consultant Hymans Robertson found that 65 per cent of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes sponsored by Britain’s top 350 companies...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 49
16 May 2011
Following on from the research undertaken by Aviva, Deloitte, Oliver Wyman and The Future Company last September that suggested the average Briton has under-saved by £10,300 per annum...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 47
28 March 2011
In his much anticipated final report on the future of public pensions – both funded (i.e. the LGPS) and unfunded (i.e. the Civil Service, the NHS, teachers and the uniformed services) - former Labour cabinet minister...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 46
28 February 2011
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed that the “average” public sector worker could see up to a third wiped off their pension benefits when the move from the RPI to the CPI measure of inflation is implemented in April...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 45
24 January 2011
In the January 2010 edition of Pensions Watch, we noted that the number of people in the UK aged 100 or over was set to double by 2020...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 44
22 December 2010
Despite all of the furore, speculation and months of “will he, won’t he” uncertainty, Pensions Minister Steve Webb...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 43
30 November 2010
As speculation grows about how the CPI (Consumer Prices Index) measure of inflation will be applied to the statutory revaluation...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 42
22 October 2010
The eagerly awaited Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) had a marked impact on the pensions landscape...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 41
27 September 2010
Research by Aviva suggests that the average Briton has under-saved by £10,300 per annum. Decades of under-saving means the UK faces a pensions shortfall of £300bn - equivalent to 26 per cent of GDP and the largest in Europe...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 40
31 August 2010
The aggregate funding position of those 6,653 UK private sector defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, covered by the industry funded Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF)...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 39
29 July 2010
By far the biggest story of the month and certainly the one to have caused the most confusion and consternation was Pensions Minister Steve Webb’s...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 38
30 June 2010
Britain joins six other OECD countries in seeking to raise the state retirement age above 65 – a move that would boost UK GDP by £13bn per annum!...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 37
28 May 2010
The forced marriage of the Tories and Liberal Democrats has started the wheels turning on some serious pension policies...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 36
29 April 2010
The aggregate funding of those 7,800 UK private sector defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, covered by the industry funded Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) safety net...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 35
24 March 2010
The aggregate deficit of those 7,800 UK private sector defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, covered by the industry funded...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 34
26 February 2010
Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, David Willetts (aka “Two Brains”), highlights, in his new book...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 33
26 January 2010
After an extensive programme of research – that involved more
than 3,200 employees...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 32
14 December 2009
According to SEI, half of the UK’s DB schemes now use LDI...
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Pensions Watch - Issue 31
20 November 2009
The aggregate deficit of those 7,400 UK private sector defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, covered by the industry funded Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) safety net, improved from £148.9bn in September to £97.6bn in October...
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