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• The truth and the hype - Pensions are causing a publicity brouhaha at the moment. But is some accuracy getting lost in the commotion? wonders NAPF Chairman Peter Thompson

NAPF CONFERENCE

• Living with Myners - Roving reporter and whiskey drinker James Thomas snoops around the big event in Edinburgh

PROPERTY SURVEY

• Building blocks - Have pension funds neglected property for too long? Howard McWilliam weighs up the case and starts throwing Lego bricks at scheme managers.

ABI ANNUITIES CONFERENCE

• Annuities: any answers? - As the Government’s annuity consultation document crashes onto the scene, James Thomas crashes into the resulting ABI seminar… and wonders where the whiskey is.

ANNUITIES

• A juggling act  - Ever keen to develop his showmanship, Billy Burrows has a new routine: in lavish dress, he keeps four wads of cash in the air while explaining the complexity of the annuities market

STAKEHOLDER SURVEY

• Plenty at stake - A year after their launch, Allison Plager looks at the health of stakeholders and, just for fun, nails the entire DWP cabinet to a wooden post.

• To cap it all - The pension cap has "I am 13" written on it. Mick Calvert finds out what this means for executives’ benefit packages as well as their sense of style

• Turbulent times - With the ‘fasten seatbelt’ sign flashing up and the equity jet wavering again, Mark Duke wonders how he can prevent the plastic tray of dividends from ending up in his lap