Framework of a presentation given at a fringe event organised by Standard Life at the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth in October 2003. The presentation discusses Pension Reform and provides a critique of current pensions policy, with suggestions for future policy reforms.
Letter published in the Financial Times in August 2003 explaining why pension policy is moving in the wrong direction.
Paper to be published in “Consumer Policy Review” outlining some of the major problems with Government pensions and savings policy; calling for independent advice with Sandler products.
Article published in Pensions Week explaining why Government must compensate pension scheme members who have lost their pension rights on insolvency and how this compensation will not cost anything for many years.
Letter published in the Financial Times outlining the failures of UK final salary pensions.
A picture of how UK private sector company schemes are leaving people unprotected and unaware of the risks to their pensions, while public sector schemes are safe. We need to restore confidence!
Article published in Parliamentary Monitor explaining the reasons for decline of UK final salary pension schemes.
Note explaining why we urgently need to change the UK final salary pension system. Some form of insurance is essential.
Letter regarding lack of security for members of UK final salary schemes.
Modelling work carried out by Datamonitor to estimate costs of giving extra government incentives for saving in a matching scheme, rather than using tax relief. Funded by Aberdeen.