| It’s PPF contingent asset season for pension schemes – dust off the old and bring in the new - Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:51:43 +0000 by: Chris Jackson |
| Christmas is over for another year and, with the last mince pie eaten and New Year’s resolution forgotten, everyone seems finally to have come back to work for a rest. Sadly there won’t be much time to rest for those pension schemes whose sponsoring employers are considering putting PPF contingent assets in place, the most [...] |
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| Avoiding pensions litigation: written instructions to advisers - Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:46:00 +0000 by: Jason Shaw |
| I recently gave an Allen & Overy client seminar about avoiding some of the most common causes of pensions disputes. One of the causes of pensions litigation that I identified was mistakes in scheme documentation: the parties intended the document to say X but it actually says Y. I suggested a few practical points for [...] |
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| Age discrimination – justification on the grounds of cost? - Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:11:10 +0000 by: Stephen Richards |
| Clients often question whether the costs that would result from changes made to their pension schemes to comply with age discrimination laws can be taken into account when determining whether the changes need to be made. How much weight can be given to costs to justify age discrimination? We should be finding out the answer [...] |
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