| Accrual rates
|
| New pension options at Barnardo's focus on retirement age, future accrual and contribution rates |
175 / 5 |
| Unions accept Rolls Royce's revised proposals |
171 / 3 |
| EDF Energy links flexible accrual rates to member contributions |
171 / 7-8 |
| Administration
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| PwC upgrades its pensions administration system |
180 / 2 |
| BP takes administration in-house |
178 / 2 |
| UKAEA's administration looks to expand |
176 / 2 |
| Annuities |
|
| Women and annuities: the implications for retailers |
171 / 12 |
| Associations
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| ACA survey finds that pension coverage will divide the nation |
176 / 3 |
| NAPF survey finds increase in final salary closures |
171 / 2 |
| ACA actuaries fuel the compulsion debate |
171 / 6 |
| AVCs |
| Pensions Bill will end compulsory AVC requirement |
174 / 2 |
| BG Pension Scheme allows flexible AVCs |
171 / 2 |
| Average salary
|
| Mothercare keeps DB pensions by switching to career average provision |
177 / 3-4 |
| Sainsbury's publishes results of career average exercise |
172 / 2 |
| Retailers offer cash balance and average salary schemes |
171 / 11 |
| Cases and court
|
| ASW union continues with its legal action |
179 / 2 |
| T&N administrators ask court for guidance on US restructuring plan |
179 / 2-3 |
| Court rules KPMG scheme provides defined benefits |
178 / 2-3 |
| Appeal upheld on part-time claims and TUPE transfers |
172 / 3 |
| Self-employed lecturer can challenge pension exclusion |
172 / 3 |
| Martin and Beckmann cases drive coach and horses through green paper TUPE reform |
171 / 8-10 |
| Update on TUPE reform and caselaw |
171 / 12 |
| Communication
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| PwC members to get benefit statements online |
180 / 2 |
| ITB launches website |
178 / 2 |
| Mothercare communicates change from final salary to career average provision |
177 / 3-4 |
| Combined Pension Forecasts introduced at Cable & Wireless and Aberdeen City Council |
176 / 7-8 |
| Combined Pension Forecasts provide a more complete picture |
176 / 5-7 |
| Toshiba provides access to pensions online |
175 / 1 |
| Communication and consultation process helps to finalise new pension options at Barnardo's |
175 / 5-6 |
| Tax free pensions advice |
174 / 3 |
| Breaking savings barriers with informed and active choices |
173 / 7 |
| Sainsbury's pleased with results of pensions communications exercise |
172 / 2 |
| EDF Energy introduces new scheme with a programme of communications |
171 / 7-8 |
| Commutation
|
| Average retirement lump sums (9th IDS Pensions-in-payment survey) |
175 / 7-8 |
| Company accounting
|
| Trust document error could cost MFI £40 million |
176 / 2 |
| An update on accounting standards |
171 / 12 |
| Compulsion
|
| Pensions Commission sets out the challenges and choices for pension provision |
180 / 4-5 |
| Remedying the pensions crisis - are we heading for Australia? |
180 / 12 |
| Actuaries fuel the compulsion debate |
171 / 6 |
| Contracting out
|
| S&N contracts in and integrates with S2P |
173 / 1 |
| Cab maker contracts in to reduce deficit |
172 / 1 |
| Update on contracting out reforms and the conversion of GMPs |
171 / 12 |
| Contribution levels
|
| Contributions increase to safeguard scheme at Oxford |
178 / 3 |
| Co-operative Bank introduces member contributions |
176 / 1 |
| Paying DC contributions via the flexible benefits package at Toshiba Information Systems UK |
175 / 1 |
| Sainsbury's introduces SMART option for members' contributions |
175 / 1-2 |
| Employer contributions to DB schemes average 16.2 per cent |
175 / 2 |
| New pension options at Barnardo's focus on retirement age, future accrual and contribution rates |
175 / 5 |
| WH Smith asks members to contribute |
174 / 1 |
| Avis' new hires contribute to retirement capital plan |
174 / 3 |
| Employee contributions resume at Shell |
173 / 2 |
| University pays twice the staff rate into DC plan |
173 / 2 |
| Ernst & Young freezes scheme and pays enhanced DC contributions |
173 / 3 |
| Ilford ends members' contribution holiday |
173 / 3 |
| IDS survey: DC contributions are 11 per cent of average earnings |
173 / 4-7 |
| Employer contribution level reduced by GMP buyback |
172 / 1 |
| Sainsbury's publishes results of contribution exercise |
172 / 2 |
| More schemes increase employee contributions |
172 / 4 |
| IDS Survey: employer contributions continue to rise sharply |
172 / 5-8 |
| BA to pay more as deficit worsens |
171 / 1-2 |
