Subject index 2008 : issues 212 to 216

Accrual rates  
Michelin to close to future accrual 213 / 2
Annuities  
Internet annuity planner 216 / 2
AVCs  
Kimberley-Clark adapts its scheme rules 215 / 3
Average salary  
Rexam amends average salary scheme 214 / 4
United Biscuits moves to CARE scheme 214 / 7-9
Changes to the Railways scheme proposed 213 / 2-3
Commutation  
Stagecoach makes commutation compulsory 213 / 2
Contribution levels  
Tate & Lyle introduces member contributions 214 / 2
BP contribution holiday 213 / 2
Looking at DC contribution and funding levels 213 / 5-9
Defined benefit or defined contribution  
SFHA employers back DB approach 215 / 2
Who should be responsible for risk? 214 / 10-11
How will the 2012 pension reforms affect pension schemes? 213 / 10-11
Dispute resolution  
Internal dispute resolution procedures 214 / 5
Flexible benefits  
Imperial Tobacco adopts flexible retirement 214 / 2
Government bodies  
New Secretary of State 213 / 4
Industry-wide schemes  
Employer debt 214 / 5
Investment policies and returns  
WCIF and NAPF challenge VAT on investment management services 216 / 2-3
Defined benefit schemes have mixed investment returns 215 / 6-11
Liability driven investment - fad or the future? 215 / 12
High-yield bonds - junk or genius? 214 / 12
Law reports  
Another case with implications for pre-April 2005 wind ups 213 / 4
Pensioner income  
Average pensions reach £5,472 pa 216 / 6-9
Pensions Regulator (TPR)  
Consultation paper on extending the Pensions Regulator's powers is issued 216 / 4-5
DC retirement options 216 / 4
Mortality assumptions consultation 216 / 4
Extending the Pensions Regulator's powers 215 / 5
Pensions Regulator consults on mortality assumptions 213 / 4
Personal accounts  
Making the grade as a qualifying scheme 216 / 12
Public sector  
Volunteers' pensions 214 / 2
Scheme funding  
Nissan eliminates deficit 216 / 2
Business sale reduces deficit 215 / 2
Are funding pressures set to increase? 213 / 12
Scheme withdrawal  
Multi-employer withdrawals 215 / 4
Trades unions  
Unite ballot rejects Royal Mail's pension plans 216 / 2
Pensions dispute at Ineos 215 / 3
Industrial action at Goodrich suspended 213 / 3
Transfers  
P&O offers cash incentive to transfer 216 / 3
PD joins list of buy-outs 216 / 3
Buy-out market could exceed £10 billion in 2008 216 / 10-11
Transfer value regulations 215 / 4
Morgan Crucible Buys out pensioner liabilities 214 / 3-4
Assets of the Rank Pension Plan transferred to Goldman Sachs 214 / 3
Trustees, including election of trustees  
Independent trustees report to GEC Plan members 215 / 2
Conflicts of interest 214 / 5-6
Black & Decker trustees express disappointment at pension increase policy 214 / 2-3
Winding up  
Pension scheme longevity 215 / 2
Winding up consultation and guidance on good practice 215 / 4-5

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