IPSA – MPs pay and pensions
Ros was asked to submit her views to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority investigation into appropriate pay and pensions for MPs. This is her submission
Solvency II could destroy UK pensions
Ros wrote a blog for the Daily Mail RightMinds website, explaining the dangers of the new EU rules called Solvency II, which could devastate UK defined benefit pensions and annuities
~£140 a week – What will we see in the White Paper on State Pension reform?
Ros prepared a briefing paper which goes through many of the issues that are expected to be addressed by the forthcoming White Paper on State Pension reform, which is expected to propose a flat-rate state pension at £140 a week in 2010 prices (likely to be at least £160 a week by the time it starts)
Relax the pension discount rate – current gilt yields are not appropriate
Ros calls on the Government to relax the discount rate used for calculating pension liabilities
Record deficits for UK pension schemes due to QE
Press Release commenting on latest figures from the Pension Protection Fund showing UK defined benefit pension scheme deficits are at the highest level ever and PPF blames QE for partly causing the problems
Women the poor relations in pensions
Press Release commenting on latest figures showing that the gender gap between men and women’s pensions has fallen, but that is only because women’s pensions have fallen by less than mens!
Will auto enrolment solve the pensions crisis
Ros wrote a feature for the Actuarial Post supplement on auto enrolment, explaining that this policy will not be sufficient to overcome the pensions crisis, but it is a start.
Auto-enrolment may be missing a chance to revive long-term savings culture
Press Release highlighting Ros’ comments at the CCW Pensions Lecture, in which she challenged the idea of auto-enrolment only into pensions and called for a broader definition of long-term savings for workplace incentives.
What Auto-enrolment is all about
Ros gave a keynote speech at the Xafinity seminar on auto-enrolment explaining her views on what auto-enrolment is all about and that we might need broader thinking on later life saving.
Challenges of providing for pensions and care in an aging population
Ros gave a presentation in the House of Commons to the LibDem Parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee outlining the challenges of funding pensions and care for our aging population.