Issues in pension funding

Part I: UK Pension Schemes 1.1 Types of Pension Schemes 1.2 Financing of Pension Schemes 1.3 The Tax Treatment of Pension Schemes 1.4 Accounting for Pension Costs 1.5 Other Issues Part II: UK Pension Funds and their Investments 2.5 Pension Fund Accounts 2.6 Types of Pension Fund Management 2.7 The Asswet Allocation of Pension Funds 2.8 The Top UK Pension Funds 2.9 The Investment Performance of UK Pension Funds Part III: The Regulatory Environment Part IV: Public Policy Issues 4.1 Current Government Policy 4.2 Other Public Policy Issues Part V: Issues in Pension Fund Management 5.1 What Types of Investments? 5.2 What Type of Fund Management? 5.3 How to Measure Fund Mangement Performance? Part VI: The Consequences of Pension Funds for Capital Markets 6.1 The Good Consequences of Pension Funds 6.2 The Bad Consequences of Pension Funds 6.3 Solving the Problem? Part VII: Future Developments 7.1 The Proposals of a Future Labour Government 7.2 Developments in the European Community 7.3 Lessons from the United States Part VIII: A New Approach to Pension Funding: The Ideal Pension Scheme.