March 2001 News

Individual Income Protection Experience 1995 - 98
March 2001
This article appeared in the March 2001 edition of The Actuary magazine. Pete McGurk, Secretary of the IP Sub-Committee of the Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau and partner in our Life insuran...

Bond investment - a case for non-gilts?
March 2001
Mark Da Silva considers the arguments for UK occupational pension schemes investing in bonds other than those issued by the UK Government. Please contact your Barnett Waddingham consultant if you woul...

The UK Government's proposal to replace the MFR
March 2001
Danny Wilding considers the implications of UK Chancellor Gordon Brown's budget speech. The 2001 Budget and UK pension schemes In his Budget speech Gordon Brown announced that the Government will abol...

Stakeholder is almost with us
March 2001
Barnett Waddingham fills in the background to Stakeholder as the start date approaches. As 6 April 2001 approaches, pension providers and advisers alike are bracing themselves for the wealth of change...

Part-timers' pension rights - the Preston Case
March 2001
Nigel Hacking gives a summary of the situation for UK occupational pension scheme trustees in the light of the recent Lords ruling. On 8 February 2001, the House of Lords delivered its ruling that par...

The Williamson Case
March 2001
Janet Chiaro looks at the implications of the Williamson case for UK pension schemes. Marsh Maclennan vs The Pensions Ombudsman (Williamson vs Sedgwick) Pension benefits have to be equal as between th...