A commentator on this blog has written: I am glad to see someone else has woken up to the real challenge of the next decades
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Solving the pension crisis
I noticed this article in the FT last week: BT, sponsor of Britain’s largest pension scheme, shocked investors last month by revealing that it would
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People’s Pensions
The FT has noted: The aggregate deficit of corporate UK pension funds soared past £250bn ($373bn) in March, setting a record for a shortfall due
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Credit quality of global groups at 25-year low
The FT has reported that the quality of corproateb debt is at its lowest level for 25 years. Hardly surprising, but it is yet another
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Time for People’s Pensions
The Observer editorial today says there is : need for drastic changes, not just to the way we structure pensions but to the way we
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This is innovative financing and could transform the pension market
The World Bank has announced: 12 November 2008 – The World Bank has issued its first bond where the proceeds will be directly invested in
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Pension Regulator shows we never learn
There’s a massive crisis in the pensions industry. It’s simply described. We’re living longer so pensions cost more. In February the Pension Regulator proposed changes
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The pension model is broken – so let’s fix it
It’s reported that: The UK’s Pension Protection Fund faced a total shortfall of £80.1bn ($153bn) at the end of July from pension schemes in deficit,
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Equitable Life: what it mean for offshore
The Parliamentary Ombudsman (Ann Abraham) has found that: The U.K. should compensate Equitable Life Assurance Society policyholders who lost out when the insurer almost collapsed
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