Watson Wyatt

Romanian pension funds; US private equity; Watson Wyatt UK appointment

The aggregate funding position of the 7400 defined benefit pension funds monitored by the Pension Protection Fund improved to a deficit of £148.9bn this month.

UK - The Conservatives have pledged to reverse the multi-billon pound pension "tax raid" introduced in 1997 by then chancellor Gordon Brown.

GLOBAL - The secondary private equity market could parallel the buy out bubble of 2007, one consultant warned.

The Conservatives have pledged to reverse the multi-billon pound pension "tax raid" introduced in 1997 by then chancellor Gordon Brown.

US - Company officials and pension experts called for Congress to enact additional pension funding relief measures at a Ways and Means Committee hearing yesterday.

Following a difficult 12 months Raquel Pichardo-Allison looks at the differing strategies corporate and public funds in the US have developed to survive the credit crunch

Like other markets, real estate has taken a tumble in the last two years. However, the sector is still set for long term growth, as Richard Lowe reports

UK - The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has insured around £500m (US$799m) of its pension liabilities through a bulk annuity buy-in deal with Lucida.

The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has insured around £500m of its pension liabilities through a bulk annuity buy-in deal with Lucida.