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| COMMENT |
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- A benefit, not a burden
Off with those slippers
and on with your boots! Get older people back into the
workforce, says Stephanie Hawthorne, you know it makes economic
sense.
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| CURRENT
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5/6/8/10/13/14 |
- A summary of current news
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PW
CONFERENCE REPORT
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Keeping with that international rhythm, Simoney Girard saw
more European professionals at the Pensions World
Conference than the Ambassador’s Ferrero Rocher party at the
Hague could boast.
Life is good
James Thomas left his pensions worries at home on his
doorstep. He found life could be so sweet on the sunny side of the
street, but only after an upbeat conference from the PMI.
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| FLEXIBLE
RETIREMENT |
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There’s more to old age than birthday greetings and bottles
of wine. In fact, there is a solution to the pension provision
problem: give those of retirement age the choice to remain in
work. Tim Rees reports.
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| PENSIONS
PROVISION |
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- Of petrol and pensions
There’s no fuel like, well, like having no fuel. But what
would the future be if British pensions were running on empty?
Dick Strattan examines the effects of recent events on UK
pension provision.
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| SPOTLIGHT
ON THE OMBUDSMAN |
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- Tightening the purse strings
The winner takes it all, except in the case of pension
benefits paid in error. Mark Blyth investigates the legal
wrangling involved.
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| ANNUITIES |
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- Open your eyes
...Look up to the skies and see! It is the real thing, it’s
not just fantasy: the open market option is one to watch out
for, says Neil Walker.
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| AVC/FSAVC
SURVEY |
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- The battle of Britain
There may be trouble ahead, but while my money’s in
savings and luck’s gone astray, let’s face the issues and
pray. Simoney Girard watches as AVC and FSAVC providers scramble
for the skies against the stakeholder invasion.
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| SCOTTISH
FUND MANAGERS SURVEY |
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Shaken, not stirred, our man James Thomas took to the high
road to discover what Scottish fund managers were up to. Drinking
a dram of good health to the industry, he recorded the details of
his Highland fling.
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| INVESTMENT |
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- Playing the field
It’s coming home, it’s coming home... It’s time to
have a rethink about your pensions strategy if you want to be a
key player and a good manager, says Tom McIntosh.
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REGULAR
FEATURES
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- Political stage
Sea, sand and SERPS: Hardly a stick of rock to be seen,
but the Labour Party Conference met with some stick from
pensioners and trade unions. Sue Ward joined the beach party.
- Trustee topics
Enough, already?: How much is enough, when so many
people want more? Asks Amanda Turner.
- Beginners’ page
Golden days: reaching half a century is good for
cricketers, great for the ACA. Hunter Devine tells us why.
- Points of law
Star crossed pensions: love’s not love which alters
when it legislation finds, unless you’re not married, as Robin
Ellison explains.
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| Letters |
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| Courses and
seminars |
16 |
| Overseas benefits |
60 |
| Pensions progress |
61 |
| Association forum |
62 |
| NAPF update |
63 |
| Statistics |
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