USS pension scheme – all figures are estimates, no certainty
BBC Website highlights the situation with the USS pension scheme and member strikes – Ros comments on the inherent uncertainty of all pension valuations
Pensions black hole
Daily Telegraph ‘Pensions black hole – who is next in pensions time bomb?’
Carillion is a wake-up call for regulators
StockMarketWire – Ros says Carillion is a wake up call for pension regulators
Carillion may be canary in the coalmine – Bloomberg
Bloomberg News carries Ros’ comments on how Carillion’s demise shines a light on UK pensions shortfalls
£9.8m Toys’R’Us deal agreed by PPF
My blog about PPF and Toys’R’Us deal getting £9.8m into the pension fund and sending signal to other employers that PPF is not a soft touch
No room for complacency as Toys’R’Us struggles with DB deficit
Ros’ blog discussing how Toys’R’Us problems indicate there is no room for complacency in DB schemes
DB scheme consolidation can learn from LGPS
FT Magazine ‘Pensions Expert’ article reporting Ros’ comment on need for more consolidation in UK DB schemes as First Group pension fund joins with LGPS
QE and the pensions timebomb
Ros did an interview with GlintPerspectives magazine explaining how QE has contributed to a pensions timebomb for the future
Pensions Matters
Ros spoke at a conference for AquilaHeywood to LGPS members and trustees about the new world for pensions, challenges for DB schemes and investment.
The fate of pensions policy
Ros spoke at a Bloomberg Conference on the Fate of Pensions Policy and her talk was titled ‘Pension Deficits – how real are they’. She discussed the issue of Quantitative Easing and its effect on pension scheme funding