September 2002 News

With-Profits governance
September 2002
Rajeev Shah from the life team discusses the impact of the FSA's feedback statement on the governance of with profits funds. The FSA published its feedback statement on its with profits review in May ...

The Sandler Review
September 2002
Pete McGurk, a partner in our life team, discusses the Sandler report on medium and long-term savings in the UK. The Sandler Review The bombardment of the life insurance and pensions industries with r...

Falling equity markets and pension scheme funding
September 2002
Paul Houghton from our Amersham office discusses the consequences of the falling equity markets for occupational pension schemes. As has been widely reported in the national press, equity markets have...

Loans within Small Self-Administered Pension Schemes
September 2002
One of the major attractions of Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS) is the ability of the Trustees - usually the Directors of the Sponsoring Company - to make their own investment decisions. This p...

Death benefits within a SIPP
September 2002
SIPPs (or Self Invested Personal Pensions, to give the full name) have been growing in popularity in recent years as they allow individuals to take control of their own pension fund. Here, Claire Morl...

The Turnball Report
September 2002
Running a pension scheme is a risky business... No doubt most trustees of pension schemes are currently feeling that they are only too aware of the risks of running a pension scheme, particularly thos...

The eighth annual Barnett Waddingham six-a-side football tournament
September 2002
Paul Latimer from our Amersham office reports on the eighth annual six-a-side football tournament. Holding the eighth annual Barnett Waddingham six-a-side football tournament on the Friday of the Augu...