About Benefits Services

Benefits Services offers a range of services to help assist companies, their officers and pension scheme trustees.

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Czech pension reform to usher in new second-pillar system

General public still divided on issue, with older people sceptical of pensions not provided by state.
Friday people roundup [updated]

Royal Mail, Total, ERSTE Sparinvest, PIRC, Internos, Grosvenor, ING Real Estate
Mandate roundup: NEST, TCAM, IPE Quest, Leicestershire County

NEST appoints Co-operative Asset Management to provide responsible ownership services.
Mercer to acquire Norwegian investment, pensions firm

Consultancy snaps up Pensjon & Finans for undisclosed sum to strengthen presence in region.
UK local government pension funds should 'join forces' – Centre for Policy Studies
Dutch roundup: Pension Federation, AOW, Syntrus Achmea, BPL
UK financial watchdog offers 'little clarity' on AIFM directive

Experts call for more clarity on definition of 'joint venture' for real estate investment.
Swedish institutional investors slam companies' progress on sustainability

Results come from project launched by 14 investors, including five AP funds.
Returns drop sharply in 2011 for Austria's severance pay funds

Performance hit by large bond allocations of more than 85% on average.
EFRP rejects notion of 'harmonising' European DB pensions systems

Timetable for 'holistic balance sheet' impact study 'inadequate', says Towers Watson.

These services include assisting significant employers and pension scheme trustees in optimising relationships with their existing advisers, the structured and regular monitoring of pension or benefits scheme activity in order to lead to better corporate and pension scheme governance and financial management and to provide companies and pension scheme trustees with the comfort and security of knowing they have experienced pensions professionals as a committed and integral part of their team.

These core services are augmented by advice on the selection of independent trustees, specific problem resolution, counselling on the selection of new advisers, advice pertaining to the administration of benefits and the provision of total remuneration statements, cost savings communication.