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COMMENT
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- Green with a hint of white
The green paper has
immense potential for good or evil, says Ann Robinson. Will it
just paper over the cracks in pensions legislation?
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CURRENT
EVENTS
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5/7/8/11/12/13/14/16 |
A round up of current news
including:
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- New FSA
liabilities for actuaries
- Green
Paper: hit or miss?
- New
Pensions Minister
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TRUSTEE
TOPICS
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- An
investment tonic
Bored of the active vs passive
debate? Paul Lavin will refresh the parts other articles haven't
reached, as he looks at active quantative asset management.
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IF
I WERE PENSIONS MINISTER...
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Back to work
Pensions World believes that industry luminaries could
do a better job as pensions minister than the politicians. In
the first of an occasional series, Alan Pickering, sets out his
manifesto.
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TRUSTEE
TRAINING
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The trusty ship "training"
Antonia Senior
advises trustees to avoid drowning in pensions regulations by
climbing aboard a good trustee training course.
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PENSIONS
PROVISION
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- Wide load
Industry wide schemes should rise up and shout their message
from the rooftops, says Richard Stroud.
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- Brothers in arms
ISAs and stakeholder pensions could become allies in the
Government's war against inadequate savings. But will they have
a close fraternal bond like Castor and Pollux, or will they
become the Cain and Abel of the savings belt, asks Adrian
Boulding.
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Money money money
Voulez vous an ISA? Take a chance on it, and the winner
takes it all, says the Government. But will savers who sing
gimme, gimme, gimme then shout SOS, and meet their Waterloo,
asks Colin Ledlie.
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INVESTMENT
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- Chalk
& cheese
What difference do market based techinques make to valuing
pension schemes? Chinu patel wipes the actuarial assumptions'
blackboard clean.
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- Breaking the bank
If a croupier loads the dice, he could earn a pair of concrete
boots. A consultant doing the same in search of an investment
manager will earn high praise. Don Ezra reports.
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- Picking a winning ticket
The odds on picking a successful investment manager can
seem longer than those on winning the lottery. But Alistair
Sutherland says it doesn't have to be a lucky dip.
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PENSIONS
ADMINISTRATION
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- Calling
the shots
Nick Wheeler sings the praises of call centres, and shows how to
make them effective.
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REGULAR
FEATURES
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- Political
stage
Litmus Test:Sue Ward tests the pensions Green Paper on
yellow, red and blue surfaces and finds perceptions change with
each colour.
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- Pressing
the point
Hip Hip Hooray:
The Government's Green Paper has had a mixed reaction from the
press, but Nic Cicutti says it is good enough to shout about.
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- Beginner's
page
In actuary fact:
Mick O'Loan answers one of life's mysteries: what do actuaries
actually do?
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- Points of
law
The good book:
This month's lesson from the Right Irreverent Robin Ellison
praises the wise man of pension trusteeship.
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| Courses and
seminars |
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| Diary of events |
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| Letters |
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| Tax and benefit
notes |
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| Overseas
Benefits |
58 |
| Pensions progress |
59 |
| NAPF update |
60 |
| Association forum |
61 |
| Statistics |
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