John Ralfe
Defined Benefit
Local government pension schemes are using flawed discount rates in their latest triennial valuations to "grossly understate" their liabilities, an independent consultant says.
03 February 2011
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Europe
EUROPE - Pension funds will suffer "significant capital losses" if they continue to invest in sovereign bonds over equities, a leading fund manager says.
06 January 2011
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Fixed Income
Pension funds will suffer "significant capital losses" if they continue to invest in sovereign bonds over equities, a leading fund manager says.
06 January 2011
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United Kingdom
UK - The deficit of the Local Government Pension Scheme has more than doubled to £100bn ($156.5bn) since the scheme's last triennial valuation, a study shows.
15 December 2010
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Defined Benefit
The deficit of the Local Government Pension Scheme has more than doubled to £100bn since the scheme's last triennial valuation, a study shows.
15 December 2010
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Defined Benefit
BT's rivals have attacked the telecoms giant for seeking to charge customers to help plug its £8.8bn scheme deficit.
02 March 2010
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United Kingdom
UK - British Telecom's rivals have attacked the telecoms giant for seeking to charge customers to help plug its £8.8bn (US$13.1bn) scheme deficit.
02 March 2010
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Corporate Governance
The Church of England will discuss its future pension scheme strategy this week but will ignore its contentious 100% equity investment strategy, John Ralfe says.
08 February 2010
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