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Parliamentary Monitor 'vox pop' on Alistair Darling's first budget 
March 2008
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Ros gives her views for Parliamentary Monitor on what might be expected in Alistair Darling's maiden budget speech.
FTfm 'Feedback' column, why BT trustees should not just switch from equities to long bonds 
3 March 2008
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Article published in FTfm explaining why suggestions that BT's pension fund accounting problems and long-term asset-liability mismatch will not be solved by switching from equities to bonds. More radical and broader thinking is required.
Financial Adviser 'Time to Listen to Some Reason' 
28 Feb 2008
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Article commissioned by Financial Adviser magazine describing the Victory for the Pensions Action Group in the Court of Appeal and explaining why the Government's consideration of appealing further to the House of Lords is a waste of time and taxpayer's money.
Saga article about victory in Judicial Review Court of Appeal case 
7 February 2008
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Article written for Saga website describing the victory in the Court of Appeal and the Government's humiliating defeat which saw its appeal against the High Court Judicial Review verdict dismissed.
House Magazine article 'Hard luck and promises' about successful Parliamentary campaign 
4 February 2008
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Article published in the House Magazine (Parliamentary Weekly) explaining some of the anguish involved and lessons learned in battling on behalf of the impoverished members of failed company pension schemes.
Daily Mail 'Monday Column' – Mervyn King must be re-elected
19th November 2007
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Ros wrote her personal view for Daily Mail expressing support for Mervyn King to be re-elected as Governor of Bank of England.
Letter published in FT on personal accounts reform
7th November 2007
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Letter published in Financial Times explaining why the proposed Personal Accounts pension reforms are dangerous for lower earners and the interaction with means testing must be properly addressed now.
Money Marketing article about Northern Rock and FAS
November 2007
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Article written for Money Marketing explaining how the Government's refusal to offer fair compensation to victims of pension scheme wind-ups is impossible to sustain after its decision to bail out Northern Rock savers 100% at a cost of billions of pounds of taxpayers' money.
Article for Public Service Review on Liability Driven investing (LDI)
October 2007
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Article published in Public Service Review explaining that LDI is all about understanding and managing risk, not just about switching from equities to bonds.
Daily Mail article outlining injustices of Government policy
24th September 2007
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Article published in Daily Mail on 24 September 2007 explaining why the lack of compensation for pension victims is indefensible after the hurried bail-out of Northern Rock depositors.
Money Marketing article on double standards of Northern Rock rescue
September 2007
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Article published in Money Marketing magazine explaining the injustices of bailing out Northern Rock savers 100% while offering pension savers far less security.
Saga website – introduction to SIPPs
September 2007
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Article for Saga website explaining the basics about Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs).
Impact of recent market turbulence on pensions
August 2007
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Ros' comments on how the recent turbulence in credit and equity markets is likely to affect pensions, both final salary and money purchase.
Saga website – update on Pensions Action Group campaign
August 2007
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Article for Saga website updating members on the latest developments in the campaign for compensation for those who lost their pensions when their final salary scheme failed.
Saga website – Introduction to annuities
August 2007
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Article written for Saga website, explaining the basics of annuities and factors to think about before buying.
Come on Gordon – sort out this mess
10th June 2007
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Lead comment published in Sunday Telegraph as an open letter calling on Gordon Brown to end the suffering of the victims of scheme wind-ups by adopting the amendments recently passed in the House of Lords.
Reform of Public Sector pensions
June 2007
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Article written for Public Servant magazine outlining some expected developments in the public sector pensions debate.
Ros Witness Statement for Second Judicial Review
May 2007
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Ros' Witness Statement submitted to the High Court in support of the application for a Second Judicial Review. The case for expedition and the suffering that is being left unaddressed is highlighted.
Briefing for Peers ahead of Lords vote on compensation amendments
May 2007
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Briefing sent by Ros to members of the House of Lords to help them understand the proposed amendments to Clause 18 of the Pensions Bill calling for the FAS to be increased to PPF levels and paid immediately.
Saga website – different types of annuity you can buy
18th April 2007
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Article for Saga website explaining the different types of annuities available.
House of Commons to vote on amendments to Pensions Bill
18th April 2007
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Release expressing hopes that Government will be defeated in the Commons vote on providing fair and quick compensation for those who have lost their pensions, via cross-party amendments to the Pensions Bill.
The Cold, naked truth – Budget announcements more spin
29 March 2007
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Article published in Financial Adviser which explains that the recently announced extension to the Financial Assistance Scheme is not worth £8bn at all, but the real cost of the FAS is just £1.9bn, which will be further reduced once tax and benefits are accounted for. The Chancellor had an opportunity to provide a fair solution but opted for more spin instead.
Money Marketing feature on ‘The Muddled Maths’ of the Chancellor on FAS
29 March 2007
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Article published in Money Marketing explaining why the extension to the FAS that the Chancellor announced in the Budget was not all it appears to be and will not deliver a fair solution at all.
PMI Opinion Piece on Judicial Review verdict against Government
March 2007
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Opinion Piece published in PMI Magazine explaining that the Government has been found guilty in the Judicial Review and asking PMI members to support the Parliamentary moves for compensation.
Global Pensions magazine article on Judicial Review verdict
March 2007
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Article published by Global Pensions Magazine explaining that the Government has been found guilty of behaving unlawfully and irrationally when rejecting the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report and refusing to accept maladministration..
Professional Pensions article on Judicial Review verdict
February 2007
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Article published in Professional Pensions magazine explaining that the Government has been found guilty in the Judicial Review.
House Magazine article – ‘If I was in charge of pension reform…'
February 2007
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Article published in the House Magazine explaining what Ros would like to do if she were in charge of pension reform!
Letter explaining injustices of deemed buyback
January 2007
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Letter written to Professional Pensions magazine explaining why deemed buyback is not working and that members cannot get any advice to understand what they need to do. If they have AVC’s these are confiscated if they choose deemed buyback.
Understanding and managing pension fund risk
December 2006
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Letter published in Global Pensions magazine explaining why pension fund trustees should not necessarily be switching to bonds and that searching for asymmetric returns and using alternative assets and derivatives can improve portfolio efficiency.
Financial Adviser feature on the proposed new personal pension accounts
December 2006
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Feature explaining why Ros thinks the proposed personal accounts should not be introduced and that they are likely to worsen pension provision in the UK – and also may lead to pensions being bought by those for whom they are not suitable.
FT letter on the injustice of unfunded public sector pensions being contracted out
November 2006
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Letter published in the Financial Times explaining that unfunded public sector pensions are contracted out of the national insurance system and that this is economically nonsensical, merely allowing public sector workers and employers to pay lower national insurance and passing the costs onto future taxpayers.
Financial Adviser feature discussing expected Government pension proposals
November 2006
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Feature article written for Financial Adviser assessing the expected pension reforms to be announced in the Queen’s speech in Parliament.
Feature article on annuities for Corporate Adviser magazine
November 2006
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Article published in Corporate Adviser magazine, discussing some of the shortcomings of the current annuity market and how ineffective the open market option is in practice.
Pensions crisis – it’s real and getting worse
October 2006
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Foreword published in ‘The Pensions Report’ in October 2006, explaining the results of a the comprehensive survey of investor and provider attitudes to pension provision in the UK, highlighting that trust and confidence in pensions have been destroyed in recent years.
PMI Soapbox – please support compensation for wind-up victims
October 2006
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Article published in Pensions Management Institute (PMI) magazine, calling for the pensions industry to support the campaign for compensation for those affected by wind-up.
What’s wrong with the White Paper?
October 2006
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Article published in Parliamentary Monitor magazine explaining why the latest round of pension reforms will definitely not be the last.
Government’s pension White Paper not good enough
October 2006
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Article published in ‘Parliamentary Brief’ (Volume 10, No. 10), explaining the background to the UKs pension problems and why the latest White Paper reform proposals will not provide a sustainable solution.
Let’s rip it up and start again’ - Critique of Government’s White Paper reforms
28 September 2006
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Article published in Financial Adviser explaining why the Government’s White Paper pension reforms do not go far enough, leaving the system still in need of a radical overhaul.
Examples of how loss of final salary pension on wind-up has devastated people’s lives
September 2006
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Article published in Sunday Telegraph explaining why the Chancellor’s pensions policies could destroy our once-thriving UK pension system.
New investment thinking for trustees
September 2006
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Article published in ‘Trustee newsletter’ Volume 2, Issue 3, explaining that pension fund trustees need to focus on risk as well as returns in their investment portfolios.
Demographic dangers for growth - Sunday Telegraph
27 August 2006
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Article published in the Sunday Telegraph, explaining how the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, has squandered the benefits of favourable demographic trends and is leaving the next administration to cope with the economic dangers of ‘demographic drag’.
Money Marketing article on fight for compensation
August 2006
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Article published in Money Marketing magazine, on 2nd August 2006, highlighting the various pressures on Government to comply with the Parliamentary Ombudsman report and also the European Court ruling, calling for full compensation for those who have lost their pensions.
Open Letter to John Hutton published in Daily Telegraph – How do you sleep at night?
1 July 2006
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Open letter to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, John Hutton, pointing out the errors in his evidence to the Public Administration Select Committee and criticising the Government’s heartless and shameful treatment of the victims of pension scheme wind-ups.
Financial Adviser comment – scandalous attempts by Government to deny occupational pension policy errors
8 June 2006
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Article published in Financial Adviser giving criticising the Government’s attempts to squirm out of taking responsibility for occupational pensions policy errors, despite the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report showing its guilt in this affair.
Concerns about USS pension fund
2 June 2006
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Letter published in Financial Times following John Plender’s article about the decision by Universities Superannuation Scheme to leave employer contributions unchanged, despite large deficit and suggesting that asset allocation can help overcome deficits.
Letter to Professional Pensions calling on Government compensate victims of scheme wind-ups
June 2006
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Letter published in Professional Pensions magazine, calling on the Government to compensate victims of scheme wind-ups urgently.
FT Trustee summer school – Trustee investment duties
June 2006
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Article published in FTfm for their Trustee Summer School examining the demands for Trustee Knowledge and Understanding (TKU) of investment issues and using modern techniques to replace the traditional hopeful ‘punt’ on equities and bonds.
FT letter talking about difference between funding and solvency standard
12 April 2006
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Letter published by the FT on 12th April 2006, explaining that members were led to believe their pensions were risk-free and that they were funded for 'solvency', when they were really only subject to a 'minimal' funding standard which proved hopelessly inadequate, but they were never warned of the risks.
Daily Mail ‘Monday View’ column – Ministers’ great pensions betrayal
April 2006
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Article published by Daily Mail explaining how the Government’s rejection of the Parliamentary Ombudsman report has betrayed the nation and undermined pensions confidence still further.
Article in ‘Public Servant’ Journal ‘ New Thinking on Pensions’
April 2006
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Article published in ‘Public Servant’ Magazine, discussing the future for UK pensions, trends in occupational pension schemes and flexible retirement policies of the future.
House Magazine ‘Assurances that final salary pensions will be protected by legislation are threadbare – forked tongues on funds’
27 March 2006
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Article published in the Commons ‘House Magazine’ explaining how, despite Government assurances to the contrary, final salary pensions were not properly protected by legislation and how the Government’s rejection of the Parliamentary Ombudsman report is unsustainable.
Pension wind-ups scandal worse than Maxwell
23 March 2006
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Professional Pensions piece published on 23rd March 2006, outlining Ros’ views of the Parliamentary Ombudsman report and Government’s rejection of it. Explains why this situation is worse than the Maxwell scandal.
Money Marketing article – restoring confidence in pensions
March 2006
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Article printed in Money Marketing asking how Government can hope to restore confidence in pensions, if it ignores the Parliamentary Ombudsman report and refuses to acknowledge its mistakes in handling final salary pensions.
Money Marketing article on the effects of pension tax reform ‘A-day’
February 2006
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Comment published in Money Marketing outlining Ros’ expectations of the tax reforms for pensions introduced on 6th April 2006.
FTfm article on swaps and liability matching
February 2006
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Article published in FTfm comment section explaining why pension funds may be able to better match their liabilities by using swaps and derivatives, rather than just switching to bonds.
FT letter discussing why switching to bonds is likely to prove unwise for pension funds with large deficits
18 January 2006
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Letter published by Financial Times explaining why switching to bonds will be unlikely to cure pension fund problems and could make them worse, whereas considering swaps may be a better alternative.
Reforming state pensions is affordable if existing spending is reallocated more wisely
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January 2006
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Op-ed piece published in Financial Times advocating radical reform of state pensions. Ros explains why muddled thinking on pensions is preventing an affordable reform programme which could put pension policy on a sustainable path for the 21st Century, but some of the existing spending needs to be reallocated.
Article to be published in Pensions World magazine outlining women’s pension reform
January 2006
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Article to be published in Pensions World magazine, explaining why women’s pensions need to be reformed urgently and how the system currently discriminates against women.
Letter published in the FT asking why employers should be compelled to contribute to their employees’ pensions
December 2005
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Letter published in the Financial Times suggesting that there is no intellectual case for compelling employers to contribute to pensions, that this is simply a form of taxation and that pension contributions should really be up to the individual.
Comments on proposals of Pensions Commission Second Report
December 2005
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Article prepared for Financial Adviser giving Ros’s reaction to the pension reform proposals contained in the Pensions Commission final report.
BBC website published Ros’s views on reform of occupational pensions
November 2005
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Article published on BBC website discussing the crisis in UK occupational pension provision, problems faced by employers and members and recommendations for radical reforms.
DC pensions issues being overlooked as trustees focus on sorting out DB
November 2005
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Article published in Financial Times FTfm November 2005 discussing concerns about a ‘governance gap’ in UK occupational pensions, as trustees and the industry seem to be focussing primarily on sorting out problems of defined benefit schemes, while not paying enough attention to the needs of new defined contribution arrangements.
Why has Government policy to encourage saving failed?
November 2005
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Article published in Money Management outlining the failure of pension policy reforms and discussing possible reasons why the Treasury seems to have failed to encourage more pension savings.
Daily Mail article ‘Women deserve pension equality’
October 2005
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Article published in Daily Mail Monday View column on 3rd October 2005, outlining why women in the UK are treated as second class citizens in pension terms and that urgent radical reform is required to deal with this.
Trying to Retire in a Man’s World
September 2005
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Article published in Financial Adviser explaining the unfairness of women’s pensions and why reform is long overdue.
Global Pensions article outlining injustices of women’s pensions
September 2005
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Article written for Global Pensions magazine, explaining why women lose out in our pension system and examining the reforms which are needed.
Contracting-out has failed
September 2005
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Article published in Financial Adviser on 8th Sepetmber 2005, following the FSA study of contracting out, demonstrating that this has provided poor value and explaining Ros’s view that contracting out should be abolished as part of radical pension reforms in the UK.
Global Pensions article giving Ros’s on the risk-based PPF levy
July 2005
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Article published in Global Pensions explaining that Ros considers having a PPF essential and the risk-based levy is a sensible proposal.
Pension funds using hedge fund investments
July 2005
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Article published
in UBS Wealth Management magazine explaining some of the weaknesses
of the lifecycle approach to investing and the need for
diversification in investor portfolios.
FT letter final salary pensions confidence trick July 2005
July 2005
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Letter published
in the Financial Times on 7th July 2005, outlining why UK Government
pension policy is responsible for lulling members of final salary
schemes into a false sense of security, which allowed employers to
get away with making pension promises which they could not afford.
This is the fault of Government failure to tell members the truth,
rather than malicious employer actions.
Financial Adviser feature on future of UK occupational pensions
July 2005
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Feature published
in Financial Adviser magazine, outlining Ros's views on the future
for occupational pension provision in the UK, movement away from
final salary schemes and role of financial advisers to help make
defined contribution provision work better.
Feature article published in Daily Mail on pension reform
May 2005
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Feature article
published in Daily Mail on 31st May 2005, explaining why Ros
believes UK pension policy is in a muddle and her proposals for
radical and sustainable reforms, to help overcome the crisis which
we face in pension provision in this country.
FT comment piece on pension reform
May 2005
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Feature Comment
piece published in the Financial Times on 16thMay 2005, explaining
Ros's views on what has gone wrong with our pension system and her
proposals for radical pension reform.
Article for Engaged Investor on FAS inadequacies
May 2005
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Article published
in 'Engaged Investor' explaining why Government announcements on the
Financial Assistance Scheme do not remedy the injustices suffered by
wind-up victims.
Global Pensions article on PPF
May 2005
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Article published
in Global Pensions, explaining the benefits of having the Pension
Protection Fund.
Response to Government consultation on FAS regulations
May 2005
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Ros's response to
the DWP consultation paper on regulations for the Financial
Assistance Scheme - explaining why it is hopelessly inadequate.
FTfm opinion piece on need for including
alternative assets to diversify pension fund investments
April 2005
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Opinion piece
published in Financial Times FTfm supplement, arguing that pension
fund trustees need to consider diversified range of investments, not
just equities and bonds and that switching from equities to bonds,
if funds are in deficit, may be the least efficient way of reducing
risk.
Professional Pensions column on urgent post-election pension reforms
April 2005
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Article published
in Professional Pensions in April 2005, outlining Ros's views of
urgent pension reforms required after the General Election.
Letter on gradual retirement
April 2005
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Letter written to
Financial Times explaining why encouraging gradual retirement is a
key element of pension reforms.
Pensions Management article on trustees and annuity reform
April 2005
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Article published
in Pensions Management outlining problems of annuity purchase and
urgent reforms required to make open market option work better. Also
warning trustees of defined contribution schemes to take care to
ensure appropriate annuities are purchased for members.
Pensions Week article on unfairness of FAS announcements
March 2005
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Article published
in Pensions Week explaining why the Government proposed Financial
Assistance Scheme is wholly inadequate and expressing the hope that
the Parliamentary Ombudsman investigation will prove Government
maladministration means the need for compensation, rather than
assistance for wind-up victims.
FT letter on economics of pensions and risk
March 2005
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Letter published
in Financial Times in March 2005 commenting on article by Joseph
Stiglitz on US pension policy. The letter suggests that transferring
costs of pensions from state to private sector does not make the
risks disappear.
Financial Adviser feature on Financial Assistance Scheme
March 2005
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Feature article
published in Financial Adviser explaining why the Financial
Assistance Scheme is inadequate and outlining hopes for the
Parliamentary Ombudsman inquiry to rectify the injustices suffered
by victims of pension scheme wind-ups.
Pension Reform in 2005/6
March 2005
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Article published
in 'Pensions and Investments UK', discussing implications of planned
pension reforms for occupational and personal pensions in 2005/2006.
Impact on investment of pension fund assets, trustees of
occupational schemes and the new tax regime for contributions.
Moving Pension Thinking into 21st Century
Spring 2005
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Article published
in 'Money is Changing' Special Report on Financial Services
Marketing, published by Dig for Fire. The article examines the need
to re-think retirement, reform state pensions and encourage longer
working lives, to move pension thinking into the 21st Century.
The Times letter urging compensation for wind-up victims
January 2005
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Letter published
in The Times, praising Patience Wheatcroft's sympathy for the plight
of victims of pension scheme wind-ups and the urgency of Government
compensation.
LIMERICK about FSA 'guarantees'
January 2005
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Personal View
column published in Financial Times, explaining why the stakeholder
savings initiatives have not worked and are unlikely to do so. The
target market is not benefiting and providers are not keen to offer
these products.
FT personal view on failure of Stakeholder policy initiatives
January 2005
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Limerick
published in Financial Adviser highlighting FAS double standards on
refusing to acknowledge any wrongdoing in calling final salary
pensions 'guarantee' with no risk warnings, when in truth these
pensions were not guaranteed at all and tens of thousands of people
have lost their entire pensions!
Balancing a Portfolio over a Lifetime
1st
Quarter 2005
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Article published
in UBS Wealth Management magazine explaining some of the weaknesses
of the lifecycle approach to investing and the need for
diversification in investor portfolios.
Article in The Times on Financial Assistance Scheme empty promises
December 2004
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Article published
in the Times explaining why the Financial Assistance Scheme may
sound good, but it is not able to deliver meaningful help to the
majority of victims of pension wind-ups and calling for proper
compensation to be paid.
Letter commenting on pension burdens faced by UK employers
November 2004
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Letter published
in Employee Benefits Magazine explaining why employers have been
asked to shoulder too much of the pensions burden and that the
'standard' two-thirds final salary pension has become unaffordable
for most people.
FT letter on US pension reform proposals
November 2004
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Letter published
in Financial Times pointing out parallels between Bush pension
reform proposals and UK pension policies over the past 20 years
which have contributed to our pensions crisis.
FT Personal View on problems of savings products for mass market
November 2004
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Personal View
article published in Financial Times, explaining the problems of
stakeholder product reforms, mass market investors being left out,
providers concentrating on high net worth clients and lack of
economies of scale in savings products. Ros suggests consideration
of National Savings as the ideal 'Sandler' products.
Financial Adviser feature on failure of Government policy to
encourage savings
October 2004
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Feature article
published in Financial Adviser highlighting the failure of
Government policy to stimulate more savings. The article explains
that policy has only focussed on supply side issues (informed
choice, stakeholder) but not demand (no new incentives, people don't
want to save) . Ros outlines the need for new incentives for both
employers and employees.
FTfm
article on recent hedge fund performance
October
2004
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Article published in FTfm, discussing the recent performance of
hedge funds and what this implies for the future.
Article
for Daily Express on Pension Reform Proposals
October
2004
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Article published in Daily Express, outlining Ros’s proposals
for pension reform.
Financial
Adviser feature on structuring investment options for money purchase
pensions
September
2004
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Feature article published in Financial Adviser, October 2004, outlining
Ros's suggestions for structuring investment options for money purchase
and stakeholder pensions, with sensible default options.
Telegraph
article on how pension reform affects you
September
2004
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Article published in Daily Telegraph on October 9th 2004, discussing
the effect of the 2004 Pension Reforms by the Inland Revenue. It
argues that these reforms could change the entire nature of pensions
in future, turning them into a short term exercise for those on
higher rate tax.
DWP
figures for wind-up victims
September
2004
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Press release discussing of figures released by the DWP, showing
its estimates of numbers of people potentially eligible for the
Financial Assistance Scheme.
Why
are many SME’s not providing pensions?
September
2004
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Press release highlighting the implications of the findings of research
by the Pensions Institute, explaining why smaller companies are
no longer keen to provide pensions.
Is
compulsion a sensible way forward?
September
2004
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Press Release explaining why Ros does not believe compulsion is
the best policy option to adopt, in order to encourage pensions.
Press
Release on Treasury Select Committee Report on Long-term Savings
September
2004
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Press release discussing the findings of the Treasury Select Committee
report on long term savings in the UK.
Strategic
asset allocation for pension funds
September
2004
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Article published in ‘FTfm in September 2004 outlining the
differences in strategic asset allocation aims between defined benefit
and defined contribution schemes and the issues trustees should
be considering.
When
the FSA says ‘guarantee’ it doesn’t mean a guarantee
August
2004
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Press release explaining that the FSA refuses to accept any responsibility
for telling members of final salary schemes that their pensions
were guaranteed, when in fact they weren’t. It criticises
the double standards apparently being used by the Regulator.
Government
failed to listen to Actuaries' warnings, must now compensate
August
2004
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Article published in ‘The Actuary’ magazine, entitled
‘The Truth about Pensions’ explaining how the Treasury
failed to listen to the Actuaries’ warnings about pension
scheme wind-ups in 2000 and why compensation from the Government
is essential in order to restore confidence in pensions.
Rethinking
Retirement
July
2004
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Article published in ‘The Tomorrow Bulletin’ discussing
the Tomorrow Project report ‘Opportunity of a Lifetime’
and setting out Ros’s proposals for radically rethinking the
concept of retirement and introducing a lifetime savings framework.
Hedge
fund investing for institutions to become mainstream
July
2004
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Article published in the Alternative Institutional Investment Review,
July 2004, explaining why Ros believes hedge fund investing will
become mainstream and institutions will come to realise that including
hedge fund investments can reduce portfolio risk and improve overall
portfolio efficiency for long term investors.
Press
release discussing problems for members of Turner and Newell pension
scheme
July
2004
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Press release discussing the problems for T & N pension scheme
members and the inadequacy of the Government’s £400
million Financial Assistance Scheme.
Tax
relief is not fiscally neutral
July
2004
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Letter published in Financial Times, arguing that tax relief is
not fiscally neutral and is a major example of targeting incentives
on top income groups.
Financial
Adviser article reviewing Treasury Select Committee report on long
term savings
July
2004
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Article published in Financial Adviser in July 2004, discussing
the findings of the Treasury Select Committee report on long term
savings.
Trustee
Responsibilities
June
2004
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Article published in Financial News in June 2004, examining responsibilities
of trustees in both defined benefit and defined contribution schemes.
Letter
explaining my role in the campaign for compensation
June
2004
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Letter published in Money Marketing magazine in June 2004, explaining
why I believe that Government must compensate and my role in helping
pro-bono, not as any kind or paid lobbyist.
FT
‘Personal View’ article questioning the inadequacy of
Government policy to encourage savings
June
2004
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Article commissioned by Financial Times for ‘Personal View’
column, discussing Government policies to encourage savings and
questioning why they seem to be targeted only at the top earners,
rather than trying to encourage those who do not pay higher rate
tax.
Pensions
and Compensation article
Summer
2004
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Article published in Public Service Review: Finance, Summer 2004,
arguing the case for compensation for those who have suffered the
injustice of losing their company pension on scheme wind-up.
Published Papers
'New Thinking on Pensions', Public Servant, April 2006
'The Truth About Pensions', The Actuary Magazine, August 2004
'Support
for Compensation', Pensions Management Institute, July 2004
'Rethinking
Retirement', published in 'The Tomorrow Bulletin', July 2004
'Hedge
fund investing to become mainstream', Alternative Institutional
Investment Review' July 2004
'Compensation
Essential for wind-up victims', Public Service Review: Finance,
Summer 2004
'Including
hedge funds in Institutional Portfolios', Public Service Review
Journal, Autumn 2003
'Government Savings Policy' published in Consumer Policy Review,
July 2003
'Encouraging
Savings Through the Life-Cycle', Journal of Financial Services Marketing,
Issue 7/4, 2003
'What
has happened to our pensions?' published in Parliamentary Monitor,
June 2003
'Beyond
Tax Relief', Chapter 3 in W Paxton (ed) 'A Wealthy Society? Progressive
and Coherence Asset-Based Welfare' IPPR London 2003 forthcoming
'Gradual
Retirement' published in 'Pension Funds and Their Advisers, March
2003
'Modelling
Changes to Pensions Tax Relief' published by Aberdeen Asset Management,
February 2003
‘Let’s
Get DC Right Before It’s Too Late’, Journal of Pensions
Management, Volume 7, Number 1, September 2001.
‘An
Analysis of Occupational Pensions in Britain’, Applied Economics
Journal, 1982.
‘Incomes
of the Early Retired’, Journal of Social Policy, April 1982.
‘State
Pensions, Taxation and Retirement Income’ with A.B. Atkinson,
published in ‘Retirement Policy – The Next Fifty Years’ (Ed.
M. Fogarty) 1982.
‘Take-Up
of Supplementary Benefit by Male Pensioners’, SSRC Research
Programme on Taxation, Incentives and Distribution of Income,
Discussion Paper 25, 1981.
‘Occupational
Pensions In Britain’, NBER Summer Institute Paper No. 80-1,
December 1980.
Ph.D.
THESIS: Funded by Social Science Research Council.
‘Incomes of Elderly Men in Britain, 1970-1977’. L.S.E.
1981. Adviser Professor A.B. Atkinson. Thesis examines
poverty among the elderly. Includes policy recommendations to
alleviate problems associated with low income in old age –
particular reference to State pensions, means-tested benefits and
taxation.
Also
published many articles and interviews in press, journals and industry
magazines, including Pensions World, Wall Street Journal, Professional
Investor, Global Finance, Institutional Investor.
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