Pension Scheme Deficits: Practical Solutions - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1905783086 ISBN 13: 9781905783083

Publisher: Globe Law and Business, 2007

Synopsis

Over 10,000 pension schemes provide pension benefits that are designed to replace a proportion of the recipient's salary when they retire. These schemes are the flagship of the occupational pensions system and a significant number are in deficit, some severely. This new book is designed to take the reader through how this has come about and what is being done to rectify it. The book includes contributions from leading practitioners in their field, who are grappling with the often highly complex issues that deficits produce on a day-to-day basis, in an accessible and understandable format. Featuring practical analysis on a wide range of issues from traditional methods of addressing a deficit, alternative methods of funding deficit reduction, investment and employment considerations to the Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund, the emergence of an alternative buyout market and corporate governance this new book will provide you with the only comprehensive guide to dealing with pension scheme deficits in your practice.

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About the Author

Consulting Editor Steven Hull is a partner at international law firm Ashurst and leads the London pensions team. He has over 18 years' legal experience of a wide range of pension-related matters in acting for employers and trustees. He has particular expertise in pension scheme reorganisations and mergers, deficit reduction and surplus resolution strategies, changing benefit structures, the pensions aspect of corporate transactions, and dealing with the new legislative regime following the Pensions Act 2004 and Finance Act 2004.

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Law and Business
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905783086
• ISBN 13: 9781905783083
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 273
• Editor: Steven Hull