Pensions World Magazine Archive

The February 2003 issue of Pensions World

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CURRENT EVENTS

GREEN PAPER	14
ISA-tonic The government’s proposals on tax simplification could unintentionally cause pensions to fall well behind ISAs in the savings race, says Adrian Boulding.

PENSIONS FRAUD	17
Immortality: accident or design? An army of the undead may be the stuff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but pension offices can occasionally encounter rogue immortals seeking financial blood, says Mike Cheeseman.

INVESTMENT FEES SURVEY	19
Checking the bills Time to pay those investment fees again? Though they may seem steep, they shouldn’t necessarily urge trustees towards some false economising, Allison Plager suggests.

DEFLATION AND FIXED INTEREST	23
A deflating blow If the needle of global inflation drops below zero then pension schemes could feel a sharp pain. Jonathan Punter and Richard Jones assess the possibilities and precautions.

DB TO DC	25
As easy as DB to DC? Offering the security of a defined benefit does not have to be more expensive than a full shift to money purchase. Duncan Howarth advises on the shifting times.

COMMUNICATIONS	27
‘Booyakasha!’ Do your communications scream “bling bling”? Or do they make more sense than that? Ruth Jubert gives a big up to imaginative communication solutions

PENSIONS ADMINISTRATION	29
The appliance of science Application service providers may let pension managers wash their hands of technology upgrading, but do they shrink that admin suit into a straightjacket? asks Chris Sanders.

PENSIONS REFORM	32
Political stage The grass is greener: Which politicians are standing upon the most verdant lawn of pensions future? Something worth arguing about, reports Sue Ward.

Tax and benefit notes All change: Is the conductor’s cry on the tax simplification route definitely a triumphant fanfare rather than a regretful lament? Dave Roberts assesses.	33

Points of law Green tax: Robin Ellison applauds the relished destruction of around 1,275 pages of tax law, though wonder’s at the Green paper’s contribution to the same bonfire.	35

Tax simplification Demolition job: Mark Howard joins the Inland Revenue’s party with a massive, swinging wrecking ball and tells the government where to stand.	36

Trustee topics Playing for time: Is the government’s approach to the Green Paper a stalling tactic as juvenile as tying its shoelaces or pretending it’s dropped something? asks Tim Giles.	38

Green paper The fuse is lit: Deborah Cooper lights the green touchpaper of the continuing pensions debate.	40

DC and pensions simplification Singing from the same hymn sheet: The Green Paper is more suited to a DC culture than DB, intones David Butcher in angelic voice.	42

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