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May 2013 issue

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Lifetime guarantee

We must ensure that today’s schemes remain fit for purpose in the years to come urges Mark Hyde Harrison, NAPF chairman

In today’s world of technological change, companies accept that the products they build will be obsolete in a few...
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INVESTMENT BRIEF Performance appraisal

As hedge funds become more mainstream, schemes are demanding greater than average performance says Anthony Hilton, Evening Standard

Back in the 1980s, hedge funds were the preserve of seriously wealthy individuals. In the 1990s, a few institutions became...
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POLITICAL STAGE The personalisation of politics

The spotlight falls on IDS as he is challenged to live on benefits of £53 a week reports Ceri Jones, financial journalist

The petition for Iain Duncan Smith to live on benefits of just £53 a week, which has attracted over 400,000 signatures...
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POINTS OF LAW Oyez, oyez!

With pension reform it would be good to combine the best of the old with the best of the new recommends Robin Ellison, Pinsent Masons

Democracy works sometimes. I stood for the Vintry Ward in the City of London elections last month and was overwhelmingly...
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SURVEY Making your mind up

Allison Plager, financial journalist, presents a buyer’s guide to asset managers

Pension scheme trustees have to make their collective mind up all the time. Myriad areas require decision making, for...
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AE AGENDA Opting out

Andrew Cheseldine, Lane Clark & Peacock, clarifies the meaning and the process of opting out

“Opt out” – two small words, in terms of plain English, and there is very little doubt about what they...
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AUTO-ENROLMENT The Downton effect

The old guard needs to make way for a new breed of scheme member says Girish Menezes

It was an important moment when Cora admitted that Robert was not adjusting well to post-world war Downton. He was well...
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STATE PENSION REFORM Campaign for justice

Louise Fox, Pensions Injustice, on how a determined group of women managed to change the government's mind on the single tier pension

What became a major campaign – and helped persuade the government to change its mind about the introduction date for...
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PERSONAL FINANCE A bird in the hand...

Simon Nicol, Broadstone Corporation Benefits, considers pension v ISAs and how annuity rates have changed the debate

Which is better: ISA funds in your hands or tax relieved pension funds in an annuity company’s hands? With the growth...
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PMI CONFERENCE Timely transfusion

Auto-enrolment is a shot in the arm for pension savings. Ceri Jones, financial journalist, reports from the PMI spring conference

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) spring conference in March certainly lived up to its title "Pumping fresh blood...
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PENSIONS REFORM A new lease of life

Workplace pensions' reinvigoration is an achievable goal if everyone works together suggests Kevin LeGrand, Buck Consultants

In 2010 the Coalition Government nailed its colours to the mast of workplace pensions reinvigoration. What are the hurdles...
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PENSION PROVISION The big unseen risk

Large interest rate exposure is a dangerous gamble says Ritesh Bamania, Mercer

A diversified investment portfolio is expected to have a superior risk return profile compared with investing only in the...
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INVESTMENT Bridging the income gap

Infrastructure is the key to unlocking predictable, inflation linked returns explains Terry Mellish, Natixis Global Asset Management

It is no secret that in today’s volatile, low yield environment the search for yield is on. Initially, quantitative...
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DB On the trigger

Contingent assets are a useful scheme funding solution for employers and trustees in these difficult economic conditions explains Vicky Carr, Sackers

An asset which remains with the employer unless and until certain “trigger” events occur – at which point...
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INTERNATIONAL Getting up to speed

With 20 years’ experience of converting from DB to DC, South Africa points the way ahead for the UK suggests Petri Greeff, RisCura

It has been hard to miss. Africa has been in the media rather a lot – and with good reason. In just the last month,...
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