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Historic Current Pensions Issues Seminars
For the last five years, Barnett Waddingham has been running a series of free seminars on current pension topics for its clients and friends.
Find below the list of topics which were covered in our 2005/6 seminar programme.
Seminar topics
September - Pension Protection Fund
The Pension Protection Fund was established before anyone had properly worked out how much it was going to cost. The Government's initial estimate of £300 million a year looks woefully inadequate. Latest estimates are heading towards an annual cost of £2 billion. Will the PPF lifeboat sink or swim?
October - Scheme Specific Funding - POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY 2006
The MFR is finally being replaced by a scheme-specific funding requirement. Trustees will have the freedom and flexibility to determine the most appropriate way to fund their pension scheme... provided it's prudent and the employer is still around to pay for it!
November - Individual A-Day protection
Less than 6 months until A-Day and time is running out for individuals to consider how to protect existing pension benefits and plan for the future. (Our "BWiser" modelling tool is designed to help individuals and their advisers deal with these business issues before its too late - www.bwiser.co.uk)
December - Redesigning pensions for the future
Cost, risk and even tax simplification are all good reasons for employers to redesign their pension arrangements and explore the middle ground between the two extremes of final salary and money purchase.
January - Scheme Specific Funding
The MFR is finally being replaced by a scheme-specific funding requirement. Trustees will have the freedom and flexibility to determine the most appropriate way to fund their pension scheme... provided it's prudent and the employer is still around to pay for it!
February - Liability-led investments
Is "liability-led investing" here to stay or just another fad? Our first job will be to define what "liability-led investing" actually means! We will then consider some of the investment strategies and options available to pension scheme trustees.
March - Trustee knowledge and understanding
Trustee knowledge and understanding (lovingly referred to as TKU) is probably the single most important issue facing pension scheme trustees. What does it all mean and how should trustees get to grips with it? Don't resign as a trustee just yet - come along to the Barnett Waddingham seminar instead!
April - Combined pension forecasts
The purpose of a pension scheme is to pay pensions to retired members. Pension scheme administrators make sure that these benefits are calculated and communicated correctly and paid on time. Attend our seminars and find out about the latest hot topics in the world of pension scheme administration... and meet a real life pension scheme administrator.
May - Government and pensions
The start of a new year and the eagerly awaited report from the Turner Commission could herald a brand new dawn for pension saving in the UK. Turner is talking - what has he got to say and is the government listening?
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Barnett Waddingham LLP, August 2005.