Pensions World Magazine Archive

The November 2003 issue of Pensions World

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	COMMENT	3
	Clinging to the wreckage Memory tends to bulldoze many blunders before we can learn properly from them. Editor Stephanie Hawthorne suggests we watch past mistakes as we move forward.

	CURRENT EVENTS	5/6/8/9/11/12/13/14
	A summary of current news including:
	Hard line on soft commission	5
	Wind up anger	6
	CBI calls for state backing on PPF	10


	VIEWPOINT	17
	The merry-go-round The unruly and relentless carousel of pensions issues keeps journalists writing, but do they exacerbate the bad news for the sake of the ride? Stephanie Hawthorne says 'no'.

	DATA MONITORING	19
	Big brother where art thou? Spying on staff is not as simple as it used to be. Brendan Turley explains the new data protection code that keeps an eye on the watchers.

	EMERGING EUROPEAN INVESTMENT	21
	Eastern promise With the EU expanding eastwards next May, would it pay pension funds to get there first? Howard McWilliam examines the case for emerging European investment.

	MULTI MANAGER FUNDS	23
	The multi story With trustee responsibilities stacking up into a giant headache, multi managers might help drive away some of their worries, argues Alexandra de Zwart.

	PENSIONS AND THE INTERNET	27
	Net working We have been hearing for years how the internet will shake up pensions for the better. James Thomas assesses whether the net is fulfilling its promise or just getting tangled.

	PENSIONS ADMIN	29
	On good form Nick Wheeler explains how the brains and brawn of e-forms can give the admin process a running start.

	DC/GPP SURVEY	31
	Spice of life Against the favoured flavour of DB, how much of a kick do DC and GPP schemes have? Allison Plager surveys the cooks in the providers' kitchen and examines their product recipes.

	FOCUS ON PENSION LAWYERS	36
	Firm fruit Who is top of the tree among pensions lawyers? Our concentrated extract from The Legal 500 gives you all the juice.

	REGULAR FEATURES	37
	Securer choices Pension schemes are sitting on some good - and possibly irresistible - opportunities for boosting income now that the risks of securities lending are under lock and key, says Ceri Jones.

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	Points of law The class war: Do class actions have a fighting chance over here, or are they restricted to America's legal battlefield? asks Robin Ellison.
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	Tax and benefit notes Coming unwound: As new regulations for wind up come into force, how much will the increased expense tie up employers? Mark Catchpole and Philip Goodchild follow some possible threads.

	Political stage	37
	Hot wind and hot air: As an uncharacteristically marvellous summer raged on into September, the pensions issues raged on in the party conferences, as Sue Ward reports

	Trustee topics	45
	Spoiling the view: The SMPI picture is framed and ready, but the illustration alone can have a confusing lack of composition, says Gresham Arnold.

	Pensions progress	46
	A trusty policy: How competent do trustees need to be, and how can that competency be measured? These questions explored.

	Letters	8
	Courses and seminars	11
	Association forum	42
	NAPF Update	43
	Statistics	47

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