August 2009 News

Pensions Week - Gilchrist is trustee chair after EMI bins Smellie
August 2009
Music giant EMI has replaced its trustee chairman Ian Smellie with Bestrustees’ Clive Gilchrist. PW can exclusively reveal that this decision was taken at the end of May after the trustee board failed...

Pensions Week - Should schemes be more concerned about inflation or deflation dangers?
August 2009
Personal View by Alex Pocock (24 August 2009) There is a significant risk of longer-term inflation that could be far more damaging to pension schemes than short-term deflation We have seen the lowest ...

Professional Pensions - Amex suspends contributions
August 2009
By Jonathan Stapleton (20 August 2009) American Express has suspended company contributions to its UK pensions in a bid to cut costs. A spokesman for the financial services firm said the move would ap...

Professional Pensions - Valuation assumption changes will benefit those on the PPF threshold
August 2009
Jenna Towler (13 August 2009) Schemes with a younger membership and those with assets just above the Pension Protection Fund threshold will benefit from valuation assumption changes Barnett Waddingham...

Pension Veteran, Adrian Waddingham, predicts the return of DB schemes
August 2009
Adrian Waddingham talks to Steve Johnson at FTfm: UK corporate reporters have become attuned to spotting a sad litany of footnotes of late. All too often, it seems, companies are using the backdrop of...