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Defined Benefit
Affordable DB rendered impossible by regulations
15 Aug 2008
Increasing amounts of regulation is making it "impossible" for companies to develop affordable defined benefit schemes, trustee champion Brian Holden says. ...(more)
Latest News
- PRAG rejects ASB proposals on scheme accounts - 14 Aug 2008
ACCOUNTING Standards Board proposals to include long-term pension liabilities in the financial reports of pension schemes should be rejected, the Pension Research Accountants Group warns. - Trustees set to demand higher contributions from companies - 11 Aug 2008
TRUSTEES could start demanding higher contribution rates from cash-strapped companies as economic uncertainty rises, KPMG research reveals. - B&CE scheme members set to get benefit rate increase - 11 Aug 2008
MEMBERS of the closed B&CE Retirement Benefit Scheme will receive a 4.3pc benefit rate increase. - PPF 7800 index reveals £30.4bn fall in funding levels during July - 11 Aug 2008
THE aggregate funding position of the 7800 defined benefit schemes monitored by the Pension Protection Fund worsened to a £24.1bn deficit at the end of July, latest figures reveal. - Northern Rock pension talks stall - 5 Aug 2008
TALKS between Northern Rock and the trustees of its pension scheme have stalled after "fundamental differences" on investment strategy failed to be resolved.
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- UK Pensions Awards 2008 - Final shortlists published 13 Mar 2008
Here it is - the complete shortlist for this year's UK Pensions Awards. - Professional Pensions launches Conjecture 18 Mar 2008
Professional Pensions is launching a series of web-based conference debates aimed at scheme managers, trustees and consultants. - Professional Pensions Spring Show 2008 - Registration opens 13 Feb 2008
The registration process for the first Professional Pensions Spring Show has now opened.
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