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Last Updated: Sunday, March 14, 2010

 


 

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Sun 14 March 2010 
Citywire

We are a nation desperately in need of pension reform

Sat 12 March 2010
FT

Pensions regulator to appeal Nortel ruling

Pensions Age

Funds need to be redefined and simplified to attract DC members

Fri 12 March 2010 
The press

End for Nestlé final salary scheme

Professional Pensions

New film from the NAPF to encourage pension saving

Thu 11 March 2010 
Professional Pensions

Pensions could play pivotal role in General Election

FT Advisor

Sir John publishes interim report on Equitable Life compensation

Money Mail

Top up your pension before it's too late

Watford Observer

Equitable Life campaigners welcome MP support

Wed 10 March 2010 
FT Advisor

NAPF to call for overhaul of rules

Tue 9 March 2010 
BBC

Sharp cut in private sector funds' deficit

Mon 8 March 2010 
Telegraph

How to boost your company contribution by 30pc

The Press & Journal

How safe is your company pension?

Sun 7 March 2010 
FT

Accounting rule threat to DB funds

Sat 6 March 2010 
This is Money

Why shares rally has failed to fix pensions

This is Money

Pensions blow for Cadbury workers

Telegraph

Savers warned about high price of leaving Equitable Life

Fri 5 March 2010 
This is Money

Why has my pension forecast fallen?

Channel 4

Pension funds shortfall stabilises

Employee Benefits

Cadbury consults over closure of final salary pension plan to new staff

Thu 4 March 2010 
Citywire

Will you qualify for a full state pension?

Channel 4

£53bn council pensions shortfall

Wed 3 March 2010 
Pensions Age

NAPF recommends budget for pensions

Tue 2 March 2010 
Telegraph

BT's pension plug plan under attack from rivals

Mon 1 March 2010 
Mature Times

Vote in parliament today on pension freeze

Telegraph

Two thirds of workers put nothing into pensions last year

Channel 4

Fewer workers pay private pensions

Sun 28 Feb 2010 
Observer

Vote now to mobilise the power of your pension fund

Citywire

800,000 pensioners aren't getting money they're owed

Sat 27 Feb 2010 
This is Money

How women can get free pension boost

This is Money

How to fine tune your company pension 

Fri 26 Feb 2010 
Guardian

What makes people think it's a good time to be old 

City AM

NAPF attacks Darling over pension tax plan 

Telegraph

Honor Blackman battling for the Equitable pensioners 

Thu 25 Feb 2010 
Guardian

End tax breaks for wealthy tax savers 

Express

100,000 workers forced out at 65 

Telegraph

Equitable Life deadline set for compensation plans 

Wed 24 Feb 2010 
Channel 4

Pension age should be increased 

Citywire

Public and private sector pension gap to widen further 

This is Money

Equitable Life compensation date set  

Tue 23 Feb 2010 
IFA Online

Late election date could cost pensioners £600m 

BBC

Special pension contributions cut 

Mon 22 Feb 2010 
Interactive Investor

Act now to beat these pension changes 

Sun 21 Feb 2010 
Citywire

Workplace pensions face colossal upheaval 

Love Money.com

The dangers of neglecting your pension 

Sat 20 Feb 2010 
Guardian

No country for old women 

BBC

Money Watch: Your pension 

The Herald

Darling promises final proposal on Equitable Life 

Fri 19 Feb 2010 
Guardian

Pay Equitable Life pensioners now 

The Herald

Calls to pay Equitable Life OAPs 

Telegraph

Equitable Life savers get callous treatment 

Telegraph

Honor Blackman in Equitable plea 

Thu 18 Feb 2010 
FT Advisor

State pension to become ever more important 

Telegraph

Labour waiting for Equitable Life victims to die 

Telegraph

My pension was cut in half 

Wed 17 Feb 2010 
Express

Relying on the state pension could prove precarious 

Telegraph

Millions of pounds in pensions tax relief goes unclaimed 

Professional Pensions

Four new schemes enter PPF

This is Money

Readers Digest UK in administration after pension failure

Tue 16 Feb 2010 
Daily Mail

Women to retire on £234 a week as pensions gap grows

Telegraph

Men's pensions £5,000 a year more than women's

BBC

Pensions gap continues to grow

Mon 15 Feb 2010 
John Redwood Blog

Lots of baby boomers weren't that lucky

Sun 14 Feb 2010 
Love Money

Good news about your pension

Sat 13 Feb 2010 
This is Money

I am 60 can I start a new pension plan?

Fri 12 Feb 2010 
Cabinet Maker

Pension fund contributed to HJ Berry downfall

Citywire

Act now to make the most of your pension

Thu 11 Feb 2010 
Telegraph

10pc contribution to your company pension is not enough

BBC

BT agrees to pay of £5bn pension deficit 

Wed 10 Feb 2010 
Telegraph

Over 55s hoping to enjoy a golden retirement are facing poverty

Citywire

Why you shouldn't buy an annuity right now

Money Mail

Government cuts state pension benefits

Tue 9 Feb 2010 
BBC

Pension fund deficits rise again

Telegraph

Pension incomes drop 70% in a decade

IBTimes

75% of DB pension schemes in deficit

Mon 8 Feb 2010 
Citywire

Pension scheme plans must start now

Guardian

15% fall in dividends leaves pensions exposed

Sun 7 Feb 2010 
Observer

BA pensions closure fear

Sunday Express

Pension payments: trying to find the missing link

Sat 6 Feb 2010 
Pensions Age

Pensions guru to head up new political party

Fri 5 Feb 2010 
UK PR Wire

Prudential warns of widespread over reliance on state pension

Thu 4 Feb 2010 
Pensions Age

Pensions deficit could see Reader's Digest bow out

Pensions Age

DB schemes expected to dwindle within a decade

Wed 3 Feb 2010 
Telegraph

Britons desire to stay young sees them refusing to save for the future

This is Money

The Pensions Regulator

Citywire

Local government pensions face £70bn deficit

Tue 2 Feb 2010 
Watford Observer

MP Claire Ward clashes with Equitable Life campaigners from Watford 

Citywire

Pension schemes face tougher standards 

Mon 1 Feb 2010 
Citywire

One million more pension schemes

Financial World

The future of DB pensions

Pensions World

Ombudsman gears up to receive 210,000 complaints

Sun 31 Jan 2010 
Observer

British Airways count the cost of final salary pensions

FT

Pension schemes regain faith in hedge funds

Sat 30 Jan 2010 
This is Money

Boots deals pensions blow to 15,000 staff

Fri 29 Jan 2010 
Telegraph

Britons savings rose amid recession

London Evening Standard

Boots axes final salary scheme for 15,000 workers

Thu 28 Jan 2010 
FT Advisor

One in five plan to retire on state pension

This is Money

What will happen to my pension?

Telegraph

The recession cuts your pension by £10,000

Wed 27 Jan 2010 
Express

Concern that too many rely on state pension

Guardian

Unequal Britain

Guardian

2m pensioners live in poverty

Tue 26 Jan 2010 
Guardian

Standard Life cuts endowment payouts

Mon 25 Jan 2010 
Telegraph

Half of older people want to keep jobs past retirement age

IFA Online

Annuity rates down 1.5% in six months

 

 

PERIODICALS AND ARTICLES

Finding by Institute of Actuaries on Charles Thomson

Silly Equitable Story by a Non GAR

Article - OTHER ROUTES TO A MORE EQUITABLE LIFE (by Dr Michael Nassim EL policy holder)

Article - THE EQUITABLE LIFE DISASTER- DOES IT COMPARE  TO THE LLOYD’S ASBESTOSIS SCANDAL OF THE 1980’s? (by Dr Michael Nassim EL policy holder)

The Equitable Saga - Teresa Hunter  31 March 2004

BBC Interview with Chris Headdon Feb 2004

Investors Chronicle  

The Actuary Letters

Europe Intelligence Wire

The New Statesman

The Economist

Pensions' World

BBC

The Guardian - Equitable Special Report

Ananova

NewsNow.co.uk

 

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Questions can be answered by the Telegraph send them to equitable@telegraph.co.uk

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NB The Equitable Life site has a clarification of some of the reports in the press.


DISCUSSIONS AND ASK THE EXPERTS

The Motley Fool  has a lively discussion board running on Equitable.

  Also visit their Pensions Discussion Board on the Motley Fool for some really good points and suggestions.

Financial Times - FT.com Discussion Board on Equitable Life 

Astute Investor - Lots of discussion on Equitable

The Money Bag  a UK Personal Finance Site. 

Google Finance Usenet Group - Equitable Discussion Thread going back to 1998

This is Money now also have a Pensions discussion board 

MoneyWhispers.

Daily Telegraph have a Questions and Answers. E-mail equitable@telegraph.co.uk

Equitable Life Help Box


PLEASE PLEASE contact your MEP regarding the Equitable crisis, it is vitally important for both leavers and stayers alike. A petition has been put forward to Europe.  See WRITING LETTERS - CONTACTS - INCLUDING CONTACTING YOUR MP,  MEP and the Press  Say you won't vote for your MP again unless the plight of Equitable policyholders is put before Tony Blair. Equitable Life is a far bigger scandal than endowment mis-selling because the company was held up to be as safe as the Bank of England - it is a black-and-white case of mis-selling.

 

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