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...Sir Nicholas Ridley, who held the job under Margaret Thatcher, said: “I’ve got nothing to do and ten thousand civil servants to help me do it.”...
...Gartmore, the investment house created in 1969 by Sir Nicholas Cayzer and named after a family shooting estate, itself went bang last year as star fund managers Roger Guy and Guillaume Rambourg jumped ship...
...Derek Wyatt, the 60-year-old Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, said he had two consultancies but no full-time job yet....
...Just the facts: Perils of capping retirement payouts By Nicholas Timmins What has been announced? A cap on the amount public servants can receive in pension pay-outs....
...Not all the changes have been transparently costed, John Ball, head of defined benefit at Watson Wyatt said....
...John Ball, head of defined benefit pensions at Watson Wyatt, the consultants, said cutting public sector pensions would open a can of worms....
...● Watson Wyatt Worldwide has appointed Nicholas Smith to lead its defined contribution investment team. Mr Smith joins from Schroder Investment Management....
...Those are the findings of a biennial survey of 134 large private sector pension schemes conducted by the consultants Watson Wyatt....
...But a spokesman for the pension consultants Watson Wyatt said that while the impact would “vary enormously” depending on earnings, length of service and length of retirement, “it is not hard to imagine more...
...The move “adds further misery to pension scheme finances”, the consultancy said as fellow consulting group Watson Wyatt said the change meant that employers who had put more money into their pension scheme...
...Rowe-Ham Christopher Shale Lord Sheppard of Didgemere Lord Stevens of Ludgate Michael Taylor Viscount Trenchard Lord Vinson of Roddam Dene A M Vinton Stuart Wheeler Sir Oliver Wright Michael Wyatt...
...said Kathryn Armistead, a senior consultant at Watson Wyatt. ?We fully expect this trend to continue.?...
...Stephen Yeo, a senior consultant at Watson Wyatt, said deficits had fallen from £64bn at the beginning of March to just £44bn by the month’s end....
..., according to Stephen Yeo, an actuary with pension specialist Watson Wyatt. The figures are the first to confirm a trend that the pension industry has been warning about for some time....
...Some actuaries, such as Stephen Yeo of Watson Wyatt, argue that the government is not using the right discount rate for its future liabilities and that the real figure is closer to £580bn - more than half...
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