Latest articles from Charlie Thomas

Danish default doesn’t put eggs in one basket

Now Pensions’ default accumulation fund is more cautious than the National Employment Savings Trust’s (Nest) and contains a number of derivative strategies to hedge risk.

McClymont rebuffs anti-reform allegations

Shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont has denied voting against auto-enrolment and called on the government to legislate on enhanced transfer value (ETV) exercises.

T&N retirees miss out on top-up after buyout

Extra cash for Turner & Newall (T&N) scheme members set to receive less than 90% of their benefit entitlements has been ruled out by trustees.

Turner & Newall buyout calls PPF compensation cap into question

Webb, Steve (NAPF 10)

Legal and General’s (L&G) £1.1bn buyout of the Turner and Newall scheme has secured the benefits of 30,000 members, but the fate of others is yet to be decided.

Payroll providers slow to react to pension reforms

Payroll providers have come under attack for failing to prepare for auto-enrolment, despite the reforms coming into practice in less than a year.

NAPF Conference 2011: Payroll providers not prepared for auto-enrolment

Payroll providers have come under attack for failing to prepare for auto enrolment, despite the reforms coming into practice in less than a year's time.

NAPF Conference 2011: Trustees left frustrated by Hutton

Trustees have expressed concern about the future of defined contribution (DC), despite Lord Hutton's claim it could be as good as defined benefit (DB) for retirement incomes.

Firms not obliged to enrol all eligible overseas staff

Employers can breathe a sigh of relief following a clause in the pensions bill allowing them to exclude some overseas workers from auto-enrolment

PROFILE: Standard Life’s new chief executive

Standard Life’s new chief executive, Paul Matthews, believes any stumbles it has undergone recently will only serve it better in the long run as it learns how to tackle an unprecedented amount of technological and regulatory upheaval, writes Charlie Thomas

Tomlinson: UK corporate governance is best in the world

Lindsay Tomlinson today championed UK corporate governance as the best in the world at the National Association of Pension Fund’s (NAPF) investment conference.