As Vodafone becomes the latest large employer to announce it will close its final salary pension scheme, the National Association of Pension Funds has published a new report which paints a gloomy picture for the future of the gold-plated schemes. Only 23% of final salary schemes are still open to new members, and of those, [...]
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Dangerous times ahead for your occupational pension
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009If you are a member of a defined benefit or final salary occupational pension scheme, you are currently protected against your company going into liquidation by the Pension Protection Fund.
However, the continuing decline in final salary pension schemes may jeopardise the ability of the Pension Protection Fund to offer this protection in the longer term, leading pensions experts predict.
Cracks appear in Britain’s largest pension schemes
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Massive problems with underfunding in Britain’s largest pension schemes has emphasised again the trend away from depending on occupational pensions, and the need to consider taking control of your own retirement planning, with a personal pension. New data just released by the French research specialise AlphaValue has shown huge deficits in British pension funds including [...]
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