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15% fall in share dividends leaves pensions exposed8 February, 2010

Guardian: Sector left dangerously dependent on oil, tobacco and drugs firms as banks slump.

Bank of England panel condemns draft EU hedge fund legislation8 February, 2010

Times Online: Draft European Union legislation designed to regulate the hedge fund industry would trigger “systemic failure and widespread market disruption” if it became law.

Lifetime trusts needed to tackle pensions crisis, says Step8 February, 2010

FT Adviser: The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners has called for the introduction of lifetime trusts to tackle the UK's pensions and savings crisis.

New pensions service goes online8 February, 2010

FT Adviser: An online pensions service has been launched to provide advisers who are not qualified to give pensions advice to their clients with an extra revenue stream.

The top domestic equity managers of 20098 February, 2010

Citywire: Citywire analysis reveals the top performers of 2009 in Spanish, German, Italian and French equities.

Workers face second year of pay freezs8 February, 2010

Telegraph: Workers will face a second year of having their pay frozen even though inflation is starting to increase, a new report predicts.

Insurers 'paying too much commission to win pensions business'8 February, 2010

Observer: Independent expert warns that bidding war to win corporate contracts from commission-based intermediaries will make much of the business won unprofitable

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Analysis

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Turning off the music

February 2010

Two major investors shun UK debt as quantitative easing ends; more will follow

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The bears are back in town

5 February, 2010

Is the current equity sell off a correction or the start of something more serious?

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Comment

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When the music stops

February 2010

The laws of economics have proved fragile at best during the recession, with the exception of the one indisputable truth; “you cannot stop bankers from paying themselves bonuses”.

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Identity parade

Special Report on Corporate wraps

Last year saw the start of a transformation that may require certain parts of the pensions industry to adopt a new identity

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Puritans vs Anglicans

February 2010

The competing faiths of asset allocation, by Philip Coggan

Pensions Insight: Robert Merton, NEST

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Solutions for the future

February 2010

‘Structured defined contribution’ could be the risk-sharing solution we have all been waiting for, says professor Robert Merton

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Bull or Bear?

January 2010

The pundits are split over their outlook for capital markets in 2010; are you a bull or a bear?

Expert View

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All about Combined Pension Forecasts

January 2010

Combined Pension Forecasting (CPF) is a Government scheme launched in October 2001

News

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15% fall in share dividends leaves pensions exposed

8 February, 2010

Guardian: Sector left dangerously dependent on oil, tobacco and drugs firms as banks slump.

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Bank of England panel condemns draft EU hedge fund legislation

8 February, 2010

Times Online: Draft European Union legislation designed to regulate the hedge fund industry would trigger “systemic failure and widespread market disruption” if it became law.

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The top domestic equity managers of 2009

8 February, 2010

Citywire: Citywire analysis reveals the top performers of 2009 in Spanish, German, Italian and French equities.

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Lifetime trusts needed to tackle pensions crisis, says Step

8 February, 2010

FT Adviser: The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners has called for the introduction of lifetime trusts to tackle the UK's pensions and savings crisis.

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Workers face second year of pay freezs

8 February, 2010

Telegraph: Workers will face a second year of having their pay frozen even though inflation is starting to increase, a new report predicts.

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New pensions service goes online

8 February, 2010

FT Adviser: An online pensions service has been launched to provide advisers who are not qualified to give pensions advice to their clients with an extra revenue stream.

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Insurers 'paying too much commission to win pensions business'

8 February, 2010

Observer: Independent expert warns that bidding war to win corporate contracts from commission-based intermediaries will make much of the business won unprofitable

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Britain's top fund managers

8 February, 2010

Telegraph: The high fliers who consistently prove they are able to deliver.

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Ex-IMF economist warns on UK debt

8 February, 2010

BBC News: Britain should be seen in the same category of highly indebted countries such as Greece, a leading economist says.

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Pensions pile into UK property

8 February, 2010

FT.com: Pension funds and other institutional investors committed the most money to the UK commercial property sector last quarter, in spite of continued fears of a further drop in values this year.

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BA pensions closure fear

8 February, 2010

Express: British Airways has given its clearest warning yet that it may have to close its final-salary pension schemes to existing members.

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PPF requires extra investment skills as assets grow

8 February, 2010

IPE: The National Audit Office has commended the Pension Protection Fund for retaining a healthy balance sheet during the recession, but warned it needs to take steps to manage its increasing assets efficiently...

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PIC takes quarter of UK bulk annuity market

8 February, 2010

IPE: Pension Insurance Corporation is estimated to have increased its share in the bulk pension insurance market to over 25%, having just completed a pension buyout with property company Liberty International.

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Hermes to roll out performance fee structure across institutional range.

8 February, 2010

IPE: Hermes is to expand a new performance fee structure – announced for its funds of hedge funds in September – across its range of institutional products.

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Fears of 'Lehman-style' tsunami as crisis hits Spain and Portugal

5 February, 2010

Telegraph: The Greek debt crisis has spread to Spain and Portugal in a dangerous escalation as global markets test whether Europe is willing to shore up monetary union with muscle rather than mere words.

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Economy and job worries hit stock markets and oil

5 February, 2010

BBC News: Concerns about the US economy and the potential spread of debt problems in Europe led to large stock market falls.

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Global stock market shakeout spreads to Asia

5 February, 2010

Telegraph: Asian stocks tumbled on Friday after Wall Street dropped overnight on worries the global recovery is weaker than many expected.

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Bank of America accused of 'enormous fraud'

5 February, 2010

Times Online: The New York Attorney General is suing Bank of America (BoA) and two of its top executives for an “enormous fraud” on taxpayers and shareholders over the bank's 2008 acquisition of Merrill Lynch.

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Aviva UK group pension sales plunge 55%

5 February, 2010

Money Marketing: Aviva’s UK group pensions business has plunged by 55 per cent in 2009 to £462m from over £1bn in 2008.

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Corporate bond launch boosts savers

5 February, 2010

Guardian: London Stock Exchange unveils retail bond market for private investors with 'modest' sums of money.

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