http://www.professionalpensions.com/ Latest from Professional Pensions en-us web@incisivemedia.com Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:54:48 +0000 GMT 15 http://www.professionalpensions.com/867116 Consultancy firm Redington has appointed Jeremy Lee as a vice-president in its investment consulting team. Wed, 5 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/867116 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866975 FTSE 100 pension schemes turn to bonds; ITV proposes pension shake-up Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866975 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866974 Devon County Council Pension Fund has appointed managers to run two of the three mandates it tendered for in June. Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866974 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866973 Unite is set to conduct a consultative ballot on industrial action over pay and pensions involving as many as 2000 of its Fujitsu members. Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866973 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866953 Any significant reform of MPs pensions should wait until a wider review of public sector pensions that seems likely following the general election next year, The Association of Consulting Actuaries says. Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866953 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866959 Lucida managing director Chris Wales has left the company to move on to new opportunities. Tue, 4 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866959 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866921 Nomura Asset Management plans to expand its business in a bid to become a more global player in the asset management industry. Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866921 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866920 Institutional investors group have slammed proposals calling for a two-tier shareholding system giving more voting rights to long-term equity holders. Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866920 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866914 Lloyds TSB Development Capital has completed a management buyout of JP Morgan Invest, a financial education and employee wealth management services provider. Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866914 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866917 Pension scheme deficits have failed to improve despite significant rises in equity markets, latest research reveals. Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866917 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866915 Myners' two-tier shares plan under fire; ITV pension deficit woes Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866915 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866805 BAE Pension deficit soars; Pension plan rethink welcomed; BT pension deficit soars to £5.8bn as profits fall Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:02:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866805 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866811 Jardine Lloyd Thompson has seen its pension deficit increase by £57m to £86m, according to the group's first half results. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866811 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866810 BAE System's UK defined benefit pension scheme deficit increased by £1bn in the first six months of the year. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866810 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866797 More than four-fifths of scheme managers believe there is a need for an independent pensions commission to recommend changes to pension legislation and provide long-term continuity over pensions policy. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866797 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866798 Fiduciary managers are teaming up with the National Association of Pension Funds to develop a standard definition of the service, set to be revealed next year. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866798 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866677 A High Court test case involving the Ilford Pension Scheme will determine if trustees owe any duties to the Pension Protection Fund, lawyers say. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:27:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866677 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866690 Axa Rosenberg has appointed Robert Hegt as European head of sales and marketing. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866690 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866691 British Telecom pension scheme deficit grew by £3bn over the last quarter after the telecoms giant reviewed its accounting assumptions. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866691 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866692 The Pension Protection Fund has announced that it will be establishing a group of senior business figures and others to help develop further its proposals for the long-term future of its pension protection levy. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866692 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866686 MPs seek end to retire at 65 rule; Institutional investors ready to bypass banks in protest at rights-issue fees; Benefits system has failed poor pensioners Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866686 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866683 Hewitt Associates is set to move its pension administration teams from Hemel Hempstead to its centres in Epson and Birmingham, PP has learned. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866683 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866681 The work and pensions select committee has branded the level of pensioner poverty as "unacceptable" - and urged the government to abolish the default retirement age. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866681 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866680 Claims by business groups and opposition politicians that public sector pensions are unaffordable and could produce easy immediate public expenditure savings are all myths, the Trades Union Congress says. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866680 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866682 Deputy pensions ombudsman Charlie Gordon is to leave his role at the office when his fixed term contract comes to an end. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866682 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866640 Workers cut their pension contributions; BAA losses triple on growing pension deficit Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:59:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866640 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866639 Just Retirement has announced record enhanced annuity sales of £191.2m in the three months to the end of June, the life assurance group reveals. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:55:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866639 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866637 Some 16% of workers paying into a pension have reduced or completely halted contributions to their scheme in the last five years, Prudential research reveals. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:46:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866637 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866635 Gartmore has appointed Leigh Himsworth as head of UK equities. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:26:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866635 http://www.professionalpensions.com/866634 Losses at airport operator BAA have tripled in the first six months of the year, partly due to a growing defined benefit scheme deficit, its results show. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:22:00 +0100 GMT http://www.professionalpensions.com/866634