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...Mike Gallagher, the US Republican representative and chair of the House China committee, and Alicia Kearns, the Conservative MP who heads the UK foreign affairs select committee, wrote to HSBC on Friday...
...Second with my RHF the Education Secretary, we will introduce a new kind of apprenticeship targeted at the over 50s who want to return to work....
...As the committee went on to point out: “Trustees of such [troubled] plans who decide to take SFA face the risk of litigation from active employees, while those trustees who elect not to seek SFA risk being...
...The employer and employee representatives on the USS Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) were evenly split on the proposals, with the casting vote in favour of the reforms cast by the independent chair....
...Regulations that come into force in the UK in October will require pension fund trustees to consider the impact of ESG or to justify why this does not hurt investment returns....
...the recovery fund....
...Expert panel also challenged fund’s valuation In September the Joint Expert Panel, a group of independent experts selected by both university employers and employees, reviewed the USS valuation and concluded...
...A joint committee, with representatives of both academics and employers, is set to report its findings in September....
...The committee asked what could be retrieved for the pension schemes, now in the hands of the industry lifeboat fund, given Carillion had collapsed with about £29m in cash in the company Nicola Parish, executive...
...Goldman Sachs confirmed that Michael Daffey, co-chief operating officer of its equities business, co-chair of its business standards committee and a member of its UK Trust Board of Trustees for The Global...
...The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs committee of MPs said on Monday it would hold an inquiry into government sourcing practices....
...I have kindly been invited to a special meeting of the 1922 committee this evening....
...Its trustees said in a statement that any remaining funds raised through the black-tie event at the Dorchester hotel would be “distributed in an efficient manner to children’s charities” before winding up...
...This prompted fresh talks that stretched late into Friday evening between the company, the Cabinet Office, the Pensions Regulator, pension scheme trustees and the Pension Protection Fund in a search for...
...The trustees of the UK university sector’s £60bn retirement fund are facing pressure from academics, including leading statistical experts, to explain a growing funding hole in the scheme....
...Ownership of the assets was “a red line for us”, said Mr Patterson, as it could have caused severe issues for the pension fund....
...While I share the anger of Frank Field, chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee, about the BHS debacle, he needs to pay more attention to the Alice in Wonderland world of pension fund accounting before...
...Meanwhile the audit committee of Tata Power is looking into contracts issued before Mr Mistry took charge of the group, following concerns raised by him, according to a director of the company....
...The collapsed retailer BHS was one of a number of companies involved in “widespread” abuse of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), MPs have been told....
...But the committee surprised outsiders by choosing one of its own members: Cyrus Mistry, an understated Tata Sons director....
...Trustees of two pension funds had agreed in principle to the plan, and told the regulator of its existence in June 2014....
...The board nominations committee had no power of veto on these appointments....
...“His father Fred is, like Donald, more comfortable in the company of carpenters or plumbers than other wealthy people. He’s [Donald] the only billionaire I know who is not elite....
...She also expected the committee to favour a skills levy that raises money for the exchequer, instead of increasing the salary threshold. Sir David is looking to use this money to fund apprenticeships....
...For industrial action to go ahead, 40 per cent of those entitled to vote must back it. Union members must “opt in” to political funds....
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