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| COMMENT | 3 | |
| The Promised Land The mirage of pensions simplification still shimmers in the distance while increasingly verbose legislation and reporting mounts in the foreground, says Stephanie Hawthorne |
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| CURRENT EVENTS | 5/6/9/10/12/13/14 | |
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| Last chance saloon for volunteerism | 5 | |
| Default retirement age fixed at 65 | 12 | |
| PROFILE | 16 | |
| Just what the doctor ordered
James Thomas talks with Ros Altmann about how we might help the casualties of pensions disasters and cure the wider industry malaise. |
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| SPC CONFERENCE REPORT | 19 | |
| Staying Afloat Will the PPF prop up the ‘burning deck' of pensions or break up the whole ship? Howard McWilliam reports on the views at the SPC Conference. |
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| PENSIONS FOR CHARITIES | 21 | |
| Help the Aged Charities may be snowed under by pensions expense and regulation, but they are keeping the fires of morally sound retirement benefits burning, says Howard McWilliam. |
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| EMPLOYER COVENANTS | 23 | |
| Good for the money? The biggest investment of many schemes in deficit is in the sponsoring employer – but what kind of return can they expect? Paul Clark suggests strategies. |
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| CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS | 25 | |
| Be civil, partner
The Civil Partnership Act will cause a stir among schemes, but many may see the changes as plain good manners. Jacki Johnston explains. |
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| PUBLIC CONFIDENCE | 28 | |
| Risk Police Trustees must define risk levels and keep them under stern control if the public is to regain its sense of security in the system, Martin Parrott suggests. |
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| AUTOMATIC ENROLMENT | 30 | |
| Automatic for the people An ‘opt out' regime will only work in the UK if directors' pension objectives are aligned with staff needs, argue Alistair Byrne and Debbie Harrison. |
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| COMPLAINTS HANDLING | 34 | |
| Good moaning! Good customer service can appease before complaints spiral into more costly action, says Jocelyn Blackwell . |
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| HEDGE FUNDS | 36 | |
| No beating around the bush Unlike in the US , European hedge funds are subject to extremely tight regulation – perhaps even too tight, suggest Lorin Gresser and Mark Brady. |
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| SWAPS | 38 | |
| Hard work never killed anyone Pension funds need a bond portfolio that behaves like and beats their liabilities. Swaps have a crucial and industrious role to play, says Steven Nicholls. |
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