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The January 2007 issue of Pensions World

 

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COMMENT

The long view
Sticking plaster solutions are simply putting off profound pain, says Stephanie Hawthorne. She recommends a longer course of treatment.

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CURRENT EVENTS

A summary of news, including:
White Paper makes waves
Pre-budget report roundup
NAPF warns of losses
Analysis: road to ruin?



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THE GOVERNMENT VIEW

Personal organiser
Minister for Pensions Reform, James Purnell, puts pen to paper to persuade PW about the case for personal accounts.


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FUTUROLOGY

Pensions predictions
Tim Cooper picks the brains of some pensions prophets about the future of pensions in 2007.


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TEN YEAR OUTLOOK

Reading between the lines
Ian Pittaway turns fortune teller to read the pension industry‘s palm. The future is neither rosy nor as bleak as you might expect.


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YOUNG PEOPLE AND PENSIONS

The roaring twenties
Shaking himself out of a depression about his own financial failings, Mic Wright finds the debate around young people‘s pensions beset with flappers.


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COMMUNICATION

Hitting the snail on the head
The internet has had a revolutionary effect on scheme communications. Stuart Merry asks how long until snail mail is extinct?


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NPSS

Keep the wolf from the door
Lesley Carline wonders whether discussions around the NPSS are simply howling at the moon.


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SIPP SURVEY

Wide audience
Allison Plager suggests that self invested personal pensions (SIPPs) are moving from the fringe onto the main stage of mass market appeal.


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DB to DC

Turning tides
Paul Clark distributes life belts to those of you feeling all at sea about moving from defined benefit to defined contribution schemes.


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REGULAR FEATURES

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Investment Brief
Buy the book
NAPF update
DC debrief
Political stage
Points of law
Trustee topics
Regulation roundup
Tax and benefit notes
Association forum

Pensions progress

Statistics



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