Mervyn King was hoping to give people something to smile about in his final economic forecast as the governor of the Bank of England – the kind of understated smile that only slightly stronger-than-expected growth and slightly lower-than-expected inflation can bring out.
The Specialist: property and infrastructure report
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May 21, 2013
Pensions Week presents case studies, data and industry analysis on how pension schemes are investing in real assets for yield and protection, in the latest edition of The Specialist.
Associated British Foods reports 3% AE opt-out
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May 20, 2013
Associated British Foods has seen a less than 3 per cent opt-out rate and significant engagement from 1,500 employees auto-enrolled in February, after an extensive awareness campaign and popular default investment strategy.
Editorial: Repairing the roof in the rain
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May 14, 2013
Last week’s Queen’s Speech targeted “two of the major problems of our time” – state care and pension provision.
Ensuring quality in your auto-enrolment scheme
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May 7, 2013
In the absence of an official benchmark, this week's In Depth looks at how employers are deciding which schemes are better for auto-enrolment, and how to promote them to staff.
Editorial: Managing auto-enrolment
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May 7, 2013
The arrival of auto-enrolment has been a privilege and a challenge for the pensions journalist – a chance to report on a seismic shift in a truly important industry.
Local authority schemes choose multi-asset to limit volatility
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May 7, 2013
Local authority funds have ramped up their interest in multi-asset strategies as they try to manage the impact of volatility on their investments, according to new investment data.
The Weekly Wrap: May 3 edition
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May 3, 2013
A round-up of the pensions industry stories published across the FT Group – from Kodak's polarising deal to release its beleaguered sponsor from pension claims, to institutional investor protests at the European Commission's planned transaction tax.
The Weekly Wrap: May 2 edition
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May 2, 2013
A round-up of the pensions industry stories published across the FT Group – from Kodak's polarising deal to release its beleaguered sponsor from pension claims, to institutional investor protests at the European Commission's planned transaction tax.
Editorial: 10m reasons to be cheerful?
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April 30, 2013
The Department for Work and Pensions estimates the simplification to pension scheme disclosure regulations will save businesses £10m a year.