News in September 2007

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September, 2007

September 30, Sunday

Fresh company pension warning (Sunday Times)

Will pension deals be the next rocky ride (The Observer)

Telent buyer slaps down critics (Sunday Telegraph)

Safe to take a Sipp from Standard? (The Observer)

Some relief in sight for Equitable members (Sunday Times)

Why paying commission is false economy (The Observer)

Hedge funds cleared to bid for the Rock (Sunday Telegraph)

September 29, Saturday

Time to end the cover-ups (The Independent)

10 tips to cut your tax bill (The Telegraph)

Breaking up is hard and costly to do (The Telegraph)

Credit crunch to hit DB schemes - LC&P (IFAonline)

Equitable Life seeks approval for annuities transfer (The Guardian)

September 28, Friday

Trustees can be blamed personally over pensions (Birmingham Post)

Money purchase to pay less than state pensions (Financial Times)

Union siezes on pledge to curb private equity (The Guardian)

Pensioners push for more money (Evening Post)

September 27, Thursday

Average occupational contributions too low - Mercer (IFAonline)

Many firms 'are still mis-selling PPI' (The Independent)

Wake-up call for firms doing the right thing (The Telegraph)

General Motors deal is sign that world has changed (The Times)

Pension plans ignore longer lives (BBC)

Regulator's concern over Sipp sales (ThisIsMoney)

September 26, Wednesday

Investors make £398m gamble on GEC pension fund (The Guardian)

Beware sinking pension payouts (ThisIsMoney)

Pensioners strip to expose 'Labour spin' (The Telegraph)

Hybrid pensions confusing IFAs and consumers (IFAonline)

Pension schemes still have much further to travel (Financial Times)

A well connected operation (The Times)

Pensions Regulator frowns at new DB buyout scheme (IFAonline)

Press Release (The Pensions Regulator)

Recovery Plan: an initial analysis (The Pensions Regulator)

Qataris in talks with Sainsbury's pension fund (The Independent)

September 25, Tuesday

Cussons to end final pension schemes (ThisIsMoney)

Pension dispute may hit Christmas post (The Telegraph)

Delta Two opens talks with Sainsbury's trustees (The Times)

Rate-setter hints at cut after turmoil (The Guardian)

Standard Life in FSA rules waiver query (IFAonline)

DB scheme buyout alternative launched (IFAonline)

September 24, Monday

Default funds spark concerns (Financial Times)

Royal Mail set to close its final-salary pensions to all employees (The Times)

Trustees should learn from practitioners (Financial Times)

We don't understand the markets, BoE admits (The Telegraph)

September 23, Sunday

Big guns plan to issue pension deficit cover (Sunday Times)

The Army divorcee and a pension battle that could cost the MoD millions (Mail on Sunday)

Watch for cuts in contributions to your pension pot (Scotland on Sunday)

Go on, Alistair - give all savers a government guarantee (The Observer)

Pru sets up £30m joint venture (Sunday Times)

Who'll care for your money if you can't care for yourself? (Independent on Sunday)

September 22, Saturday

NHS to keep pension plans (Financial Times)

Pensions rescue is a priority, says Peter Hain (The Telegraph)

Fined £3,500...just for trying to boost their retirement pot (Financial Times)

£100,000 guarantee to cover all savers (The Times)

Where should you put your savings now? (The Guardian)

Watchdog cut (The Scotsman)

September 21, Friday

BAE faces class-action suit in America (The Telegraph)

Trustees must speed up FAS payments - DWP (IFAonline)

Pensions: Debt dilemma (LegalWeek.com)

Northern Rock runs out of likely British rescuers (The Guardian)

We were not asleep at the wheel, Bank of England managers tell angry MPs (The Times)

Postal works to strike again over pay stand-off (Daily Mail)

How do I spread my bank deposits (ThisIsMoney)

September 20, Thursday

Government clarifies limitations of Northern Rock guarantees (HM Treasury)

Compensation scheme faces overhaul (ThisIsMoney)

Qataris move closer with £10.6bn Sainsbury offer (The Times)

Rock bottom - that's where trust in financial services is (The Guardian)

Standard Life eyes £4.5bn offer for resolution (The Herald)

Final salary guarantees 'more harmful than Brown's tax raid' (IFAonline)

September 19, Wednesday

Govt Northern Rock pledge 'slap in face' for pension claimants (IFAonline)

Rock solid? (The Times)

Inflation dip gives Bank room for manoeuvre (The Scotsman)

August inflation figures (Office of National Statistics)

Home ownership mania is behind this mass hysteria (The Guardian)

Financial problems when moving abroad (BBC)

September 18, Tuesday

A £28bn cheque to stop the panic (The Times)

While the old get richer, the young get poorer (The Times)

Pressing the panic button at Northern Rock (in2consulting.co.uk)

Statement by the Chancellor on financial markets (HM Treasury)

Annuity isn't always best (The Telegraph)

Fidelity sets up IFA pension referral system (IFAonline)

Military families know little of tax loophole (ThisIsMoney)

Fifth of SME employees pay nothing into pension (IFAonline)

September 17, Monday

Pensions crisis looming for young people as many are gambling on property... (Daily Mail)

Alan Greenspan warns of UK house prices drop (The Telegraph)

Innovative deals rapidly emerging (Financial Times)

Beleaguered bank could be broken up in next few weeks, say analysts (The Guardian)

September 16, Sunday

Delta faces pension fight at Sainbury (The Telegraph)

Women forced to take two jobs (Financial Mail)

Nicolas Sarkozy at war with the 'retire at 55' class (Sunday Times)

Defining week for markets ahead with D-Day for Fed (The Scotsman)

Five funds to ride out tough times (Sunday Times)

Northern Rock crisis sparks banking panic (Mail on Sunday)

September 15, Saturday

It can pay to sacrifice salary (The Times)

There's nothing rich about IHT (The Telegraph)

Half of adults 'in dark on pension' (The Scotsman)

Smaller businesses with pension fund fears can opt to wind down their involvement (The Scotsman)

Why I put my money in...managed funds (The Guardian)

Have pension, will travel (The Times)

September 14, Friday

UK pension funds vie to lead court action over GSK drug (The Times)

Job swappers urged to check 'lost' pensions (The Guardian)

Should I blow my savings now, or plan for later? (The Guardian)

What if the housing shortage became a surplus? (Financial Times)

SSAS member profiling 'leaves IFAs open to criticism' (IFAonline)

Northern Rock profit warning after Bank bail-out (The Times)

Liquidity support facility for Northern Rock plc (HM Treasury)

Inflation expectations remain high (The Herald)

September 13, Thursday

BAA blocks its new employees from joining final-salary pension scheme (The Times)

L&G lobbies against nine month ban on buying bulk annuities (The Telegraph)

'We can't control mortgage rates' Bank of England chief warns homeowners (Daily Mail)

House prices falling, says RICS, but UK unemployment down (The Independent)

Winterthur to launch online retirement planning tool (IFAonline)

Public sector wage growth lowest in a decade (The Guardian)

September 12, Wednesday

Mortgage increase again despite base rate freeze (Daily Mail)

Abolish IHT to restore pensions feel-good factor - IFAs (IFAonline)

Japan's Abe announces resignation (Financial Times)

Just Retirement attacks 'crude' postcode rated annuities (IFAonline)

Dollar at record low against euro (BBC)

Post workers threaten a fresh round of strikes (The Times)

September 11, Tuesday

The price war / Pensions: money down the drain? (The Telegraph)

London and Colonial launches second open annuity (IFAonline)

Buy-to-let alive and well (The Guardian)

Resolution shuts out zombie fund rival (ThisIsMoney)

Pensions dented by banking crisis (BBC)

Annuities aversion 'puts pension savings at risk' (IFAonline)

Regulator updates pension scheme funding index (Pension Protection Fund)

Thoresen Review announces consumer pilots of generic financial advice (HM Treasury)

September 10, Monday

Regulator publishes revised clearance guidance (The Pensions Regulator)

Scheme focus missing (Financial Times)

Schemes slow to protect surpluses (Financial Times)

Delta Two can raise cash component of Sainsbury bid (The Times)

Millions failed in company pension scheme (ThisIsMoney)

September 09, Sunday

How to retire like a millionaire (Sunday Times)

Worst crisis for 20 years, say banks (Sunday Times)

Get set for the big annuities shake-up (Sunday Times)

Pensions help for the fretful fifties (The Observer)

Unions launch new attack on buyout firms (Sunday Telegraph)

Aegon hires big hitters to speed growth (The Scotsman)

September 08, Saturday

Investors move work pensions to self-invested schemes (Financial Times)

Aga may sell pension fund (The Telegraph)

The equity release tax loophole (ThisIsMoney)

Keep it in the family (The Times)

HMRC allows assignments on tax-free cash (IFAonline)

September 07, Friday

Pension schemes with solvent employers urged to contact FAS review (DWP)

Annuity bar placed on trustees (Financial Times)

The Financial Assistance Scheme (Halting Annuitisation) Regulation 2007 (DWP)

Salary sacrifice schemes under threat (IFAonline)

Overnight profit (The Times)

Over-70s have a right to the road (The Times)

Thirty years: difference in life expectancy between the world's rich and poor peoples (The Independent)

World economy 'facing slowdown' (BBC)

Scottish Enterprise rewards ex-director with £777,600 (The Herald)

September 06, Thursday

Unions angered by FTSE 100 bosses' pensions bonanza (The Guardian)

The foundations have collapsed (The Times)

GA shuts two struggling funds (Financial Times)

Maximise your retirement income (The Telegraph)

Halifax confirms housing bubble is bursting (The Independent)

Female resignations rise in pensions sector (IFAonline)

Most employees in the dark on pensions, say trustees (Citywire)

New crackdown on inheritance tax (ThisIsMoney)

HMRC IHT and Trusts Newletter, August 2007 (HMRC)

Link to HMRC Inheritance Tax (HMRC)

Draft orders published extending transitional protection on certain transfers (HMRC)

September 05, Wednesday

Don't let your annuity droop (The Telegraph)

Ride out the pensions crisis (The Telegraph)

Passing on wealth via pensions (Citywire)

Issue of early policy cashing-in clouds Standard's earnings leap (The Guardian)

Union agrees to send strikers back to work - but peace may not last (The Times)

The figure that shows it pays to be a man (The Guardian)

Property affordability near record low (Reuters)

IFAs being cut out of SIPP market - James Hay (IFAonline)

Britain slips to 17th place in the quality of life league table (Daily Mail)

Simplybiz endorses pension education website (IFAonline)

September 04, Tuesday

Baby boom retirement aftershock looms (Financial Times)

Ageism behind the invitation to binge on free bus rides (Financial Times)

DB deficits drop despite sub-prime chaos (IFAonline)

No pension entitlement to fee-paid part-time chairmen (The Times)

Tube travellers face chaos as staff strike over jobs and pensions (The Guardian)

Pensions boost for Standard Life (BBC)

Avoid the big income tax gamble (ThisIsMoney)

September 03, Monday

State pension funds spread wings (Financial Times)

Will scent of bloodletting prompt a renewed attack (The Times)

Life assurers give churn warning (Financial Times)

Interest rates 'to stay at 5.75%' (The Scotsman)

September 02, Sunday

Get ready to eat your way to a fatter pension (The Scotsman)

Rank opens floodgates with pension fund sale (Sunday Telegraph)

Beware the pitfalls when moving abroad (Sunday Times)

The tax tale of XYZ sprockets (Sunday Telegraph)

Qataris may get a look at Sainsbury's books (The Observer)

September 01, Saturday

Pensioner wins £700,000 damages in landmark mis-selling case (The Times)

Pensions: advisers win when you lose (The Telegraph)

Metronet faces strike threat over job loss fears (The Times)

Rules of the union (The Guardian)

Firms 'may be paying too much into pension schemes' (The Herald)

Standard Life policyholders are promised slice of £1.3bn orphan funds (The Times)

Lack of information leaves firms failing TCF (Reuters)

A-Day SIPP rules trap pension investors (IFAonline)

Pensions industry needs 'serious' work - ABI (IFAonline)

Derivatives use by UK pension funds trebles (Financial Times)

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