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• "Don't buy a pension"
  This surprising advice was offered to Stephanie Hawthorne, prompting an assessment of pensions regulations old and new.
  

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• Winding up to be speeded up
• Ethical debate rages
• Many lose money in annuity deals
  

• Quality approved
  Nic Cicutti, personal finance editor and out upon trustee, gives a subjective reaction to the Government's Quality in Pensions accreditation scheme.
  

• Crime doesn't pay
  Antonia Senior, assistant editor, meets Jennie Kreser, legal advisor to the OPRA board, and discovers truth behind the old adage.
  

• Pensions in soapland
  Eastenders, Coronation Street and the rest should look over their shoulders.  Antonia Senior reports on the dramas in Birmingham.
  

• Highway to Heaven
  Have you fallen by the wayside on the Via Dolorosa to high tech knowledge?  James Hossack, editorial assistant, meets you at the pearly gates to guide you through the information maze.
  

• Under lock and key
  Being in a secure place may not be comfortable for perjuring politicians, but it is essential for pension scheme assets.  Allison Plager reports on the companies with the job.
  

• The this blue line
  Should investment consultants offer "funds of funds"?  Gordon Clark separates the Neophytes from the Luddites.
  

• Old fashioned values
  Pension scheme accountants are a beleaguered bunch.  Unfortunately Jeff Highfield does not have a magic want to make life easier, but he does have some wise words.
  

• Pack of cards
  Members of DC schemes could find their pension expectations tumbling down around their ears.  Good communications build solid foundations, argues Michael Cranfield.
  

• Splitting headaches?
  In the clash of wills that characterises a divorce, a pensions can be a lethal weapon.  As the Government changes the battlefield, Jane Marshall reported on the implications.
  

• Political stage
  Mutiny on the benefit: Rebellion on the backbenches, broadsides from the Tories and neutrality from the Liberals.  Sue Ward reports on the pensions battle on the political high seas.
  

• Trustee topics
  All change: More and more trustees are switching to scheme specific benchmarks.   Sally Bridgeland advises on how not to miss the investment bus.
  

• Points of law
  The Italian job: Human rights enjoyed a renaissance in Florence, as international pension lawyers gathered to discuss developments and their hard lives under Robin Ellison's watchful eyes.
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