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The December 2003 issue of Pensions World

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	COMMENT	3
	Who'll put a penny in the old man's hat? NAPF chairman Terry Faulkner's hat is off to lay trustees but not to government's act of dallying and dodging.

	NAPF AUTUMN CONFERENCE	4
	Changes and challenges Pam Atherton joins the NAPF in Westminster to consider the future for UK pensions.

	CURRENT EVENTS	5/6/8/9/11
	A summary of current news including:
	Retirement income halved	6
	PPF proposals in trouble	8

	PRESSING THE POINT	12
	An outrage! It is the people who need the government's reforms for pensions security most who will be locked outside of them, even though to bring them justice would be comparatively inexpensive, says Andrew Verity.

	PW CONFERENCE REPORT	14
	A modern education If we are going to modernise pensions successfully then all parties - government, media and public - have a few lessons to learn. Howard McWilliam writes the PW conference essay.

	DEFINED CONTRIBUTION	17
	Fortune telling A shift to DC does not spell a pensions future of doom and gloom, says David Butcher. Rather, a 21st century of undiminished contributions could benefit from its flexibility.

	REGULATORY REPORTING	19
	Braking at the lights By giving less serious pensions breaches a green light, Opra is hoping to reduce the bottleneck of reports landing on its desks. Rachel Low and Toby Christie explain the new traffic light system.

	SOFTWARE SURVEY	21
	Number crunchers Do pension schemes need thousands of members and the right numbers on their bank balance to cope with admin software? Howard McWilliam looks at industry developments.

	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.

	MANAGER OF MANAGERS	28
	Middle management Conflict of interest or transparent diversification? James Thomas jumps right into the middle of the MoM debate.

	ASSET MANAGEMENT	32
	Long vehicle James Stewart examines the long distance approach to pension asset management encouraged by a recent international 'challenge', and questions why it should have run out of fuel.

	REGULAR FEATURES	37
	Points of Law A wind up… or just a tease?: Robin Ellison lets his old friend Portia wind him up again on the subject of underfunding and insolvency.

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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 Tug of war: The government's proposed action on occupational pensions could loosen employers' grip on the schemes they created and cause a few friction burns.


	Letters	8
	Courses and seminars	11
	Pensions progress	16
	Political stage	35
	Trustee topics	39
	Association forum	39
	NAPF Update	43
	Statistics	43

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