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NAPF Investment Conference 2010: Accounting standards review to launch
Global Pensions | 11 Mar 2010
UK - The National Association of Pension Funds is set to launch a major review into the standards used for accounting for pensions.
ILPA criticises AIFM provisions on private equity
GLOBAL/EUROPE – The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has criticised the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive for reducing European Union institutional investors’ access to private equity investments.
NAPF calls for tax-relief restriction to be replaced with cut in annual allowance
UK - Tax-relief restrictions should be scrapped and the government must issue more long-dated and index-linked gilts, the National Association of Pension Funds said.
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EC to publish green paper on sustainability of European system
EUROPE - The European Commission is set to publish a green paper on an EU framework for pensions.
Bonus culture to blame for crippling schemes - Myners
UK - Financial services secretary Lord Myners has accused excessive bonuses of ruining British pension funds.
Personal accounts rebranded as NEST
UK - National Employment Savings Trust - NEST - has been unveiled as the new brand name for personal accounts.
Higher longevity’s effect on schemes still underestimated by professionals
UK - Pensions professionals are still underestimating the effect of increased longevity on their schemes, an exclusive Hewitt poll revealed.
Stamp of approval
Jonathan Stapleton spoke to UK’s Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) pensions communication and policy manager Teresa Berkengoff about its pension quality mark, member communication and an innovative financial awareness programme it is launching for employees
NAPF urges government to boost long-dated and index-linked gilt issuance
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has called on the government to skew gilt issuance towards long-dated and index-linked gilts.
Majority of schemes want government to issue more index-linked gilts
UK - The majority of pension funds want to see the government issue more long-dated and index-linked gilts, the National Association of Pensions Funds’ Annual Survey showed.
Walker review will force schemes to adopt “stewardship code”
UK - Institutional investors will have to sign up to a stewardship code as part of Sir David Walker’s reforms on bank pay and governance as shareholders.
Video: Interview with the NAPF chairman Lindsay Tomlinson
UK - NAPF chairman Lindsay Tomlinson speaks to GP senior correspondent Giovanni Legorano about his goals for the organisation given the current situation of the UK pension industry.
NAPF conference 2009: PPF levy should be limited - Tomlinson
UK - The Pension Protection Fund levy should be limited beyond the current two-year time horizon, the National Association of Pension Funds said.
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