Punter Southall

Belgium has joined the UK and other countries in rejecting plans to introduce Solvency II-style regulation for European schemes, raising the possibility the controversial proposals could be blocked.

The trustees of the Wightlink pension scheme have appointed Punter Southall to provide a full service of actuarial, consultancy and administration services.

Punter Southall Group has bought out its minority shareholder after acquiring the 21.6% stake in the firm owned by South African financial services group, Sanlam.

Punter Southall has promoted Lorant Porkolab and Craig Wootton to principal.

Thirty six not-for-profit sport and leisure trusts have banded together to set up a single auto-enrolment scheme.

Only one major payroll provider is ready with an auto-enrolment middleware assessment solution, Punter Southall says.

The Office for National Statistics is to launch an additional measure of consumer prices inflation which includes housing costs.

The Falkland Islands government has appointed Punter Southall and Callund Consulting to carry out the actuarial valuations for the two schemes.

Leading consultants have expressed concerns at employers' lack of awareness of the cost of auto-enrolment.

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