Employers worry over pension issues - survey

After the recent much publicised crisis at Rover, a survey conducted by HR specialist Mercer, in an interview with 600 employers, has found more than six in 10 organisations (63%) rate the assurance for cost-effective and task efficient pension fund investment arrangements to be top of their priority list. Additionally, the preparation for new pension tax limits in 2005, pension fund asset allocation strategy and pension risk and governance are all seen to be "very important" by 56%, 54% and 52% of respondents respectively. Peter Bowers, worldwide partner at Mercer says: “Pension scheme...