Annuities, Jane Austen, and the American Civil War
What can Jane Austen, and the American Civil War teach employers about their pension obligations?
As one case from the USA shows, they might end up paying pensions for far longer than anyone anticipated. Steven Dunn, Vialex Head of Pensions Services combines his interests in literature and history with his knowledge of pensions, to explain further.
Title image – The Angle, Gettysburg (author’s own).
The March Budget Statement and its implication for pensions
Steven Dunn Vialex Head of Pensions Services, reviews.
“The French have a word for it…” It might be la grève
The state pension age has become something of a thorny issue for governments across the developed world. Steven Dunn, Head of Pension Services at Vialex, looks at proposed changes to state pension age in France and the UK and the responses to them.
The Radical Road – is it time to take this route for pensions?
Steven Dunn, Vialex Head of Pensions considers whether some radical thinking about pensions is required.
Bulls, bears, and pension scheme trustees
Legal Director Steven Dunn, Head of Pensions at Vialex, looks at the problems immediately confronting Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes in this current financial crisis, arising from the Liability Driven Investment (LDI) strategy. What lessons have been learned and what next for trustees of DB schemes?
Vialex welcomes Steven Dunn as Legal Director
Vialex adds to its financial services advisory and immigration law services with the appointment of Steven Dunn who will head up Pensions and Immigration Law
Vialex makes senior hire and creates new Head of Financial Services position
Scott Moncur, senior lawyer with extensive sector experience joins Vialex as it broadens its offering to Financial Services clients’.