In today’s June 2010 budget, Chancellor George Osborne has announced that ex-Labour cabinet minister John Hutton has agreed to head up the commission which will rein in the spiralling cost of public sector pensions. Click headline to read more.
Posts Tagged ‘Defined Contribution Pension Scheme’
June 2010 Budget – Review of Public Sector Pensions
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Public sector pension income beyond reach of private sector
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Private sector employees would have to save 37% of their earnings, to achieve the same levels of pension income as a public sector employee in a final salary pension scheme, according to new data by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC). However, only 6% of private companies are intending to keep their final salary schemes open, intending instead to replace them with [...]
External factors can cut your pension income
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
The election and the ‘week of indecision’ caused stock market turbulence that played havoc with the projected pension income of savers. Your projected annual pension income could have varied by almost £800, depending on when you retired in the elections fortnight. What a difference a day makes … when you’ve a pension plan to worry about.
Personal pensions a priority as occupational pensions crisis continues
Friday, May 14th, 2010Marks and Spencer and the Wedgwood Museum are the latest to report crippling debts from their occupational pensions schemes. Employees must increasingly consider private pension schemes, as final salary pension schemes continue to shut down.
Ethical Investments on a small scale with zero carbon shopping
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Ethical investments are no longer limited to investment funds! With the opening of the word’s first zero carbon supermarket in Cambridgeshire, we can cast an ethical vote with our cash every day.
Norway pension fund stubs out tobacco for ethical investments
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Norway’s national pension fund has sold off Euro 1.8 bn in tobacco shares, citing ethical reasons. The individual investor can also opt for ethical investments, with over 100 ethical funds now available.
Forty shades of green: how ‘ethical’ are ethical funds?
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The critics say that ethical funds are not transparent enough to convince investors they are genuinely green, or that the screening process limits the number of companies available to ethical fund managers, and therefore hampers their ability to maximise returns.
Friends of the Earth: Europe can cut carbon emissions by 40%
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Europe is capable of cutting its carbon emissions by 40% by 2020, according to a new study by Friends of the Earth and the Stockholm Environment Institute, published at this week’s Copenhagen climate change conference.
Europe’s current commitment is to reduce emissions by just 20%, compared to 1990 levels.
Pre-Budget Report favours renewable energies
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009The Chancellor has announced in his pre-budget report an additional £400m in funding for low-carbon growth initiatives and carbon reduction initiatives at domestic level.
This brings to over £15bn the amount of private and public investment in the low-carbon and renewable energy sectors over the next three years.
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