Features Issued in 2010

Help to reduce PPF Levies

Issued: February 2010

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is an insurance scheme providing compensation to members when their employer becomes insolvent and their defined benefit pension scheme doesn’t have enough money to pay out their benefits.

10 home truths of the pensions industry

Issued on: 26 November 2010

Some people might say that I am quite an impatient person. Curious, then, that I have come to work in pensions – an industry that is not known for its ability to be fast moving.

Stephen Nichols Personal View

Issued on: 22 November 2010

The case for collective DC: a defined benefit for a defined contribution

Ask the expert: should I increase my pension contributions?

Issued on: 22 October 2010

Q. “I’m currently on a defined contribution pension scheme, but my employer is asking me to raise my pension contributions from 3% to 5%

Why should private sector workers settle for DC

Issued on: 3 November 2010

Lord Hutton clearly does not believe that defined contribution pension schemes are good enough for public sector workers. Why, then, should we accept that they are good enough for private sector workers?

BBC trustees should leave emotion in the green room

Issued on: 8 October 2010

Last week we heard of the reaction by the trustees of the BBC pension scheme to the proposals for changes to benefits put forward by the sponsor.

Back to school for trustees

Issued on: 9 September 2010

Being a professional trustee must seem like a pretty good way of ensuring you have lots of free time over the summer to go on holiday and generally enjoy the nice weather

How to pitch to David Adkins of The Pensions Trust

Issued on: June 2010

Adkins is chief investment officer for The Pensions Trust. He is responsible for the trust’s investment service, heading the investment team that shapes the Pension Trust’s investment policies.

This is our last chance

Issued: January 2010

It's time to put the member at the centre of pensions, says Stephen Nichols