Stockholm, October 21st 2008 — Opalesque, the world’s largest subscription-based publisher covering the alternative investment industry, has just launched the ninth issue of its groundbreaking Roundtable Series, the Opalesque Nordic Roundtable (download here: http://www.opalesque.com/index.php?act=static&and=RoundtableNORDIC).Some of the Nordic hedge funds and CTAs have track records that go back to 1991. There are more than 200 hedge [...]

Choosing a particular pension scheme may be down to individual choice, but saving for such should be embraced by anyone who would like to have the possibility of financial assurance when they reach their retirement.A pension is a tax-efficient way of saving for the future, and it doesn’t matter whether you are young or old, [...]

Pension Release, sometimes know as Pensions Unlocking, is the term used when people want to release funds from a pension early. It applies to both Occupational Pension Schemes (whether they are Defined Contribution or Defined Benefit) and Personal Pensions.There is an age restriction that applies, which means you must be aged 50 or over. In [...]

Before considering whether it is a good idea, it might be helpful to take a quick look at just what is pension drawdown.Replace that “drawdown” with “withdraw” and it can perhaps be most readily understood as the ability to withdraw money from your pension fund and leave the balance invested, so that (hopefully) it continues [...]

A Sipp is a means by which you can gain greater control over the investment of your pension money which might have previously been invested in insurance company’s pension funds. Regardless of earnings, any individual aged 75 and under, and resident for tax in the UK , can contribute £3,600 to a pension in any [...]

It is predicted that a single person’s state pension will be worth just 106 per week by 2012, which will not be adequate considering inflation and an increased cost of living. Now more than ever, it is recommended that you save for your own retirement, since state pensions will become so small they will be [...]

Pension’s Tips: It is said that people either “live too long or die too young”, and nowhere is this more typified than in the Construction Industry, where up to recently, both the safety record and the Pension planning record had been nothing short of appalling.On the one hand, the fatality and injury record of workers [...]

It’s now unlikely that the state pension will be enough to keep you living comfortably when you retire. It provides only basic support, and the government itself is keen to encourage people to save as much as they can to supplement their state pension and give themselves a comfortable income in retirement. Combined with better [...]

Despite the quite considerable contributions individuals are likely to be making to them and the accumulated value they are likely to have, it is surprising how few people keep an eye on how their pension fund investments are doing. The contributions are made on the same monthly basis, come what may, regardless of the investment’s [...]

 Pension release is a provision in the UK that allows you to withdraw money from your pension scheme prior to full retirement. Eligibility for this procedure requires in the very least that the person is over 50 and has a UK pension plan. Other factors will be assessed on application before you can be deemed [...]