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NAPF to back 2012 reforms
Global Pensions | 13 Aug 2010
UK - The National Association of Pension Funds is backing auto-enrolment and NEST in the main but says the finer details around scheme-based certification need clarification.
Private pensions CPI link branded a "stealth cut"
UK - Proposals to index private sector pension increases to the Consumer Price Index amount to a "stealth cut" on the average worker's retirement pot, unions have claimed.
EU Solvency II proposals could cost Britain £500bn
UK - European Commission proposals for an adjusted version of Solvency II standards for pension schemes could cost Britain £500bn if they are implemented, the Confederation for British Industry has warned.
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European Green Paper reopens Solvency II issue for schemes
EUROPE - The European Commission has launched a Green Paper reopening the issue of solvency standards in pension schemes.
Osborne must abandon ‘fundamentally flawed’ tax plans – NAPF
UK - Chancellor George Osborne must abandon planned cuts to pension tax relief for high earners in the emergency Budget, the National Association of Pension Funds says.
NAPF urges pensions minister not to dilute 2012 reforms
UK - The National Association of Pension Funds has urged the government not to damage the UK’s savings culture by back peddling on pension reforms.
Investor group urges transparency on exec remuneration
UK - A group of institutional investors has written to all FTSE350 chairmen urging them to reveal more detail about executives’ pensions.
Cutting public sector pensions ‘will cost taxpayer £8bn’
UK - Cutting back public sector pensions would lead to an almost immediate £8bn (US$11.45bn) cost to the taxpayer, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy said.
LGPS must change to survive
UK - The Local Government Pension Scheme is currently unaffordable and will wither away unless radical action is taken, delegates heard.
NAPF, AIMA urge Europe to scrap AIFM directive
EUROPE - The international trade body for hedge funds, along with the NAPF, this week urged the European Parliament to vote down an amendment to a controversial directive that would hinder its members investing in EU alternative funds.
DC default funds are moving up the sophistication scale
Default funds are moving beyond plain-Jane equity offerings, as Sebastian Cheek reports
Building a NEST
The National Employment Savings Trust is the UK government’s solution to the pensions problem, but it has met with some controversy, as Jenna Towler reports
NAPF pushes ‘super trusts’ to boost pots by 30%
UK - The National Association of Pension Funds has called on the occupational pensions industry to establish super trusts which it said would add 30% to members’ pension pots.
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