Why are many SME's not providing pensions?
Press release highlighting the implications of the findings of research by the Pensions Institute, explaining why smaller companies are no longer keen to provide pensions.
DWP figures for wind-up victims
Press release discussing of figures released by the DWP, showing its estimates of numbers of people potentially eligible for the Financial Assistance Scheme.
Press Release on Treasury Select Committee Report on Long-term Savings
Press release discussing the findings of the Treasury Select Committee report on long term savings in the UK.
Is compulsion a sensible way forward?
Press Release explaining why Ros does not believe compulsion is the best policy option to adopt, in order to encourage pensions.
Telegraph article on how pension reform affects you
Article published in Daily Telegraph on October 9th 2004, discussing the effect of the 2004 Pension Reforms by the Inland Revenue. It argues that these reforms could change the entire nature of pensions in future, turning them into a short term exercise for those on higher rate tax.
When the FSA says aguarantee' it doesn't mean a guarantee
Press release explaining that the FSA refuses to accept any responsibility for telling members of final salary schemes that their pensions were guaranteed, when in fact they weren’t. It criticises the double standards apparently being used by the Regulator.
Government failed to listen to Actuaries' warnings, must now compensate
Article published in aThe Actuary’ magazine, entitled aThe Truth about Pensions’ explaining how the Treasury failed to listen to the Actuaries’ warnings about pension scheme wind-ups in 2000 and why compensation from the Government is essential in order to restore confidence in pensions.
Hedge fund investing for institutions to become mainstream
Article published in the Alternative Institutional Investment Review, July 2004, explaining why Ros believes hedge fund investing will become mainstream and institutions will come to realise that including hedge fund investments can reduce portfolio risk and improve overall portfolio efficiency for long term investors.
Financial Adviser article reviewing Treasury Select Committee report on long term savings
Article published in Financial Adviser in July 2004, discussing the findings of the Treasury Select Committee report on long term savings.
Press release discussing problems for members of Turner and Newell pension scheme
Press release discussing the problems for T & N pension scheme members and the inadequacy of the Government’s £400 million Financial Assistance Scheme.