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.
Demographic dangers for growth – Sunday Telegraph
Article published in the Sunday Telegraph, explaining how the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, has squandered the benefits of favourable demographic trends and is leaving the next administration to cope with the economic dangers of ademographic drag’.
Money Marketing article on fight for compensation
Article published in Money Marketing magazine, on 2nd August 2006, highlighting the various pressures on Government to comply with the Parliamentary Ombudsman report and also the European Court ruling, calling for full compensation for those who have lost their pensions.Â
Open Letter to John Hutton published in Daily Telegraph – How do you sleep at night?
Open letter to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, John Hutton, pointing out the errors in his evidence to the Public Administration Select Committee and criticising the Government’s heartless and shameful treatment of the victims of pension scheme wind-ups.
Financial Adviser comment – scandalous attempts by Government to deny occupational pension policy errors
Article published in Financial Adviser giving criticising the Government’s attempts to squirm out of taking responsibility for occupational pensions policy errors, despite the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report showing its guilt in this affair.
Concerns about USS pension fund
Letter published in Financial Times following John Plender’s article about the decision by Universities Superannuation Scheme to leave employer contributions unchanged, despite large deficit and suggesting that asset allocation can help overcome deficits.
Letter to Professional Pensions calling on Government compensate victims of scheme wind-ups
Letter published in Professional Pensions magazine, calling on the Government to compensate victims of scheme wind-ups urgently.
FT Trustee summer school – Trustee investment duties
Article published in FTfm for their Trustee Summer School examining the demands for Trustee Knowledge and Understanding (TKU) of investment issues and using modern techniques to replace the traditional hopeful apunt’ on equities and bonds.
FT letter talking about difference between funding and solvency standard
Letter published by the FT on 12th April 2006, explaining that members were led to believe their pensions were risk-free and that they were funded for ‘solvency’, when they were really only subject to a ‘minimal’ funding standard which proved hopelessly inadequate, but they were never warned of the risks.