Pensions World Magazine Archive

The November 2001 issue of Pensions World

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COMMENT
Long term strategy Stephanie Hawthorne, editor, assesses Government attempts to do right by pensions.	3
CURRENT EVENTS A summary of current news	5/8/11/12/13/15/16
ME AND MY PENSION
Forewarned is forearmed Minister for Pensions Ian McCartney gives us the intriguing low down on his own pension story.	19
PMI CONFERENCE
Rise to the challenge James Thomas, with ringside seats at the PMI conference, heckles violent words of encouragement as Myners takes on other industry experts.	20
VIEWPOINT
White knuckle ride The 1990s were quite a ride for investment. Now, as Philip Coggan reports, the pensions industry has got to try and hold down its lunch.	23
WAR ON TERROR
Road to recovery Since the terrible attacks of 11 September there has been understandable nervousness. Tom McIntosh assesses investment routes and the way forward for pension funds.	25
INTERNET RESEARCH
Hitting the highway The internet holds many advantages for pension scheme communication. Howard McWilliam feels the wind in his hair as he grips the mouse.	29
WITH PROFITS
History lessons Having carefully ironed leather elbow patches onto their jackets, Seamus Creedon and Gordon Sharp consider what we can learn about the future of with profits funds from Equitable Life’s history.	35
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
Delivering the goods A DC scheme needs efficient service delivery. Which means several things other than a big, fast lorry, explains Barry Mack.	37
PROPERTY
The place to be? A roof and four walls could currently provide good shelter for pension fund investment, suggests Robin Binnie	39
AVC SURVEY
End of the line? Allison Plager finds that additional voluntary contributions have not been taken out to the wilderness and beaten to a bloody pulp by stakeholder.	41
REGULAR FEATURES
Political stage Meeting of minds: Sue Ward reports on a bursting party pack of conferences. Find out who are the Smarties and who the Flakes…	49
Points of Law The Pickering Papers: Thoreau said "simplify, simplify" – while he didn’t think it applied to his own word repetition, it is certainly appropriate for pension scheme law, as Robin Ellison discusses.	51
Trustee topics A sideways move: How can trustees and members get back on their feet again after the Equitable slide? Asks Chris Cairns.	53
Beginners’ page Different strokes: Janet Hennessey looks at the way they do pensions over the water.	57
Tax and benefit notes The perfect merger: Merging pension schemes, like murder, is more than an administrative exercise. However, a knife-bearing Graham Withers demonstrates how it can be less gruesome.	54

Courses and seminars
Letters
Overseas benefits	56
New publications	20
Association forum	58
NAPF update	59
Statistics	60

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