All Pensions articles
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AnalysisVerizon employees end strike
US telecommunications giant convinces employees to return to work as negotiations continue
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Online onlyInvestors rate sustainable performance
Environmental and social factors can have a material impact on fund’s returns, finds survey
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AnalysisNew strategies for European funds
European pension schemes are increasing their allocation to non-traditional asset classes
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Pension buy-outs unaffected by financial crisis: Mercer
Many pension scheme trustees do not consider a buy-out more urgent in light of current market conditions
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Employee health costs rise across Europe
51 % of companies report increased costs in 2007, average increase of 5 % per employee, says Mercer survey
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Labour costs increase
Unit labour costs continued to accelerate in the developed world in the first three months of 2008
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Verizon settles with unions, avoids strike
Agreement includes fully-paid health care premiums for all active and retired employees
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Online onlyBrown calls for a better management of public risk
New Risk and Regulatory Advisory Council appointed
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Increases in normal retirement ages underline impact of longevity
Twin pressure of increasing social security costs and lower mortality rates are driving changes in retirement provision
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Online onlyNew group life catastrophe cover
Policy is a response to firms housing top employees in prestigious high-risk locations
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Human capital risk most significant threat to companies
New survey lists human capital risk as being more significant than reputational, political or regulatory risks
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Analysis
Pan-european pensions beckon
Multinational companies could be missing an opportunity to save costs and reduce risks by continuing to operate separate pension schemes across Europe, according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
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Analysis
German companies exposed
The largest German-owned companies have almost 20% more exposure to pensions risk than top UK and Dutch firms and over three times more than French-owned organisations, according to new research by Me
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NEW AGE THINKING
With the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations being introduced later this year, Alison Love looks at what age discrimination will mean for UK employers
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Analysis
PENSIONS RISK MANAGEMENT
The UK Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) is introducing a certificate paper in pensions risk management (Cert PRM), which will specifically address the regulatory and market issues facing UK c
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Smelling a rat?
Lee Coppack discusses the reasons for Rentokil-Initial's desire to abandon its final salary pension scheme and the problems companies face generally in funding pensions
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Analysis
Controlling Pension Risk
As closed final salary pension schemes wind down, the emphasis on measuring, managing and controlling the financial risks will grow, according to Watson Wyatt
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Honouring the Pensions promise
The risk from defined benefit pension promises is inextricably linked to the sponsoring company's finances This was always the case but the accounting standard FRS17 has emphasised it in a way that ma
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Pay, Benefits and Governance
Corporate governance is a hot topic for multinational companies...
