Feature article on annuities for Corporate Adviser magazine
Article published in Corporate Adviser magazine, discussing some of the shortcomings of the current annuity market and how ineffective the open market option is in practice.
FT letter on the injustice of unfunded public sector pensions being contracted out
Letter published in the Financial Times explaining that unfunded public sector pensions are contracted out of the national insurance system and that this is economically nonsensical, merely allowing public sector workers and employers to pay lower national insurance and passing the costs onto future taxpayers.
Financial Adviser feature discussing expected Government pension proposals
Feature article written for Financial Adviser assessing the expected pension reforms to be announced in the Queen’s speech in Parliament.
What's wrong with the White Paper?
Article published in Parliamentary Monitor magazine explaining why the latest round of pension reforms will definitely not be the last.
PMI Soapbox – please support compensation for wind-up victims
Article published in Pensions Management Institute (PMI) magazine, calling for the pensions industry to support the campaign for compensation for those affected by wind-up.
Government's pension White Paper not good enough
Article published in aParliamentary Brief’ (Volume 10, No. 10), explaining the background to the UKs pension problems and why the latest White Paper reform proposals will not provide a sustainable solution.
Pensions crisis – it's real and getting worse
Foreword published in aThe Pensions Report’ in October 2006, explaining the results of a the comprehensive survey of investor and provider attitudes to pension provision in the UK, highlighting that trust and confidence in pensions have been destroyed in recent years.
Let's rip it up and start again' – Critique of Government's White Paper reforms
Article published in Financial Adviser explaining why the Government’s White Paper pension reforms do not go far enough, leaving the system still in need of a radical overhaul.
Examples of how loss of final salary pension on wind-up has devastated people's lives
Article published in Sunday Telegraph explaining why the Chancellor’s pensions policies could destroy our once-thriving UK pension system.
New investment thinking for trustees
Article published in aTrustee newsletter’ Volume 2, Issue 3, explaining that pension fund trustees need to focus on risk as well as returns in their investment portfolios.