GLOBAL - The FTSE Group has axed eight companies from its FTSE4Good Global Index Series, including petroleum giants BP.
Poor old President Sarkozy. Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place.
My last report garnered a good few emails, not least of which those that suggested I cheer up because DB is not yet dead.
Reading my PP email on Monday, I noticed that Mercer's Chris Hull had come up with some valuable ideas on how to help solve the issue of public sector pensions.
I used to read a lot of books. Some I read for pleasure and the rest because their presence on my shelf made me look smart.
Pensions and football eh? So alike. OK, so the idea of a column trying to tie the disappointment of England's performance (Scottish and Welsh readers please bear with me) to the state of UK pensions was blindingly obvious and maybe a bit lazy, but I have...
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Investment Management Association's chairman's dinner.
Financial services PR firm Broadgate Mainland has announced the death of Neil Mainland yesterday evening, following a long battle against cancer.
As anyone who has been unfortunate enough to have lunch with me will testify, my long-term pet hate has been the fact private sector pension funds have to account for and fund future liabilities now, while the government conveniently dodges these rules...