- A Simpler Way to Better Pensions
The "Pickering Report", produced for the Department of Work and Pensions and published on 11 July 2002. Full text of the committee's conclusions and recommendations.
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/dwp/2002/pickering/report.pdf
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- Accounting Standards Board
Issue accounting standards, and recognised for that purpose under the Companies Act 1985. Formerly the Accounting Standards Committee.
http://www.asb.org.uk/
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- Association of British Insurers
Trade association for the UK's insurance industry, representing around 400 companies. Includes a section on Life and Pensions.
http://www.insurance.org.uk/
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- EU Insurance Regulations
Links to EU information on all aspects of the insurance business, including regulation.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/insurance/index_en.htm
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- Faculty and Institute of Actuaries
The Faculty of Actuaries in Edinburgh and the Institute of Actuaries in London and Oxford are the two professional bodies for actuaries in the United Kingdom.
http://www.actuaries.org.uk/
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- Her Majesty's Treasury
Voluntary Code for Pension Fund Investment. Revised set of principles of investment for pension funds, and the official MHT response to the Myners review of institutional investment, giving some updates on how the recommendations of the review are being taken forward.
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/Newsroom_and_Speeches/Press/2001/press_104_01.cfm
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- House of Lords Judgment - Equitable Life Assurance Society and Hyman
The directors "shall apportion the amount of such declared surplus by way of bonus among the holders of the participating policies on such principles, and by such methods, as they may from time to time determine." But what does that mean?
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldjudgmt/jd000720/equite-1.htm
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- Insurance Companies Regulations 1994
Includes parts IV (Margins of Solvency) and IX (Determination of Liabilities). Now incorporated into FSA Handbook.
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi_19941516_en_1.htm
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- Minimum Funding Requirement Consultation
Consultation document from Her Majesty's Treasury seeking views on the Minimum Funding Requirement applicable to most private sector defined benefit occupational pension schemes.
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/consultations_and_legislation/security_for_occupational_pensions_consultation/consult_sop_index.cfm
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- Myners Report - Institutional Investment in the UK
Commissioned by Her Majesty's Treasury, it criticised the incentives and behaviour of pension fund trustees, investment consulting firms and fund managers.
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/newsroom_and_speeches/press/2001/press_myners_01.cfm
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- Pensions Act 1995
Official text from the HMSO of the Act of Parliament which created the Minimum Funding Requirement and equalized the retirement ages of men and women. Full text (in HTML) divided by Sections and Subsections, as well as details of the bound copy including online purchase.
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/Ukpga_19950026_en_1.htm
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- The Minimum Funding Requirement: The Next Stage of Reform
A September 2001 publication of the Department of Work and Pensions, outlining the Department's proposals for a future UK pensions regulatory regime. Full text in pdf format (36 pages).
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/consultations/consult/2001/mfr_next/mfr.pdf
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- The Sandler Review
A review of medium- and long-term retail savings in the UK, commissioned by the Treasury and published on 9 July, 2002. Full text (via links to sections) and links to relevant press notices.
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/Documents/Financial_Services/Savings/fin_sav_sand.cfm
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