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• A roller coaster ride
  The impossibly complicated and inflexible pensions system leads to an unpredictable future for many people, says Stephanie Hawthorne. Is it time for pensions to be redesigned?
  

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• National grid case round up
• NAPF survey results
• Directors' golden nest eggs
  

• New LISA life
  The joint initiative between the DSS adn the Treasury fails to impress Nic Cicutti. But, a word of warning - don't call them LISAs.
  

• Getting a raise
  Chris Lewin dispenses with his civil servants and says if he was the man at the top, we'd be working all the way to our zimmer frames.
  

• Making pensions sexy
  Mark Greenlees, chairman of the Association of Pension Lawyers turns down the lights and puts on the Engelbert Humperdinck to talk to Antonia Senior, assistant editor, about pensions law.
  

• A slice of the American pie
  We eat hamburgers, watch Friends, sing along to Don Mclean and the leader of the opposition wears baseball caps. But how far will we follow the US pension system? Brian Barker reports.
  

• From convicts to compulsion
  If we disregard the system of our transatlantic cousins, could we be influenced by the example of our antipodean friends? Joanne Hindle looks at Australian pensions in a Stakeholder context.
  

• Flexing those corporate muscles
  Will cafeteria benfits be standard fare for a new generation of workers? And if so, will employees forsake their AVCs in an orgy of gym club membership adn dental insurance? James Hossack, editorial assistant, reports.
  

• Safe as houses?
  Moira O'Neill opens the doors to property investment and looks at its prospects.
  

• Group therapy
  In the shadow of the Green Paper, Allison Plager sifts through the muddied waters of DC schemes and group personal pensions.
  

• Political stage
  Divorce by decrees: A marriage of convenience between the DSS and the Treasury, and an update on pensions and divorce the meat for Sue Ward's political teeth.
  

• Trustee topics
  No pain, no gain?: If your fund manager uses faith healers to predict the market, and says losses are due to your deviancy in a past life, you would find another.
  But in less clear cut circumstances, is the change worth the cost, asks Martyn Dorey.
  

• Beginners' page
  Unsung heroes: Hugh Edwards, takes pension scheme accountants out of the back office and thrusts them into the limelight
  

• Points of law
  Parlez-vous actuary?: Actuaries are not judges' favourite expert witnesses. Robin Ellison champions their cause.