The August 2006 issue of Pensions World

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COMMENT Climate change? Robin Ellison sings a happy tune to encourage a positive pensions perspective.	3
CURRENT EVENTS A summary of news, including: T&N back from the brink Pernicious pensions panic DWP ‘picks’ on pensioners? Ombudsman turns ominous CIA spies pensions?	5 6 8 9 12
ACCRUED RIGHTS Rights robbery If companies are allowed to steal accrued rights, they will be armed and dangerous. Eamonn O’Connor warns us to bolt the safe.	17
COMPULSION Decay day Pensions need a sturdy filling to prevent staff from suffering a rotten retirement, says Mike Kellard.	18
LONG TERM INVESTMENT Monetary matrimony Yusuf Samad turns marriage consellor, suggesting long term commitment is the heart of a fruitful relationship between trustees and investment managers.	22
CARE SCHEME Top of the class Co-Operative Group did its homework before implementing its CARE scheme. Nick Eyre gives us a sneaky look at its working out.	24
MULTI-ASSET CLASS INVESTING Sent to Coventry Long locked out of UK markets, multi-asset class investing is reaching its release date, says Guy Fraser-Sampson.	26
TPA SURVEY Hangover cures The industry is woozy from a whirl of A Day excess. Can third party adminstrators offer a cure for the hangover and its inevitable headaches? Abstemious aesthete Allison Plager surveys the aftermath.	29
SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT Fashion conscious Sustainable investment could be this season’s style. It depends on how the cloth is cut, says Andreas Knoerzer.	34
DC COMMUNICATIONS Why so negative? DC is in the frame but how can schemes put members in the picture without focusing on the negatives. Richard Mullen demonstrates how to make your communications click.	37
REGULAR FEATURES Claire Hall describes how to net decent DC data (p38), Sue Ward cooks up a storm in Westminster (p40) and Robin Ellison takes a wet flannel to pension law’s sticky face (p42). Letters Courses and seminars In good company Investment Brief DC debrief PRAG update Political stage Points of law Trustee topics Beginner's page NAPF update Tax and benefit notes Pensions progress Association forum New Buy the book Statistics	8 10 11 14 38 39 40 42 44 46 47 48 50 51 51 52

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