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		<title><![CDATA[News in Brief.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6599/is_200704/ai_n26005111]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Antoinette Odoi    PENSION TRUSTEES want more inclusive relationships with sponsors,  consultants and asset managers to help them meet the growing complexity  of the regulatory and investment environment, according to a report by  the Economist Intelligence Unit.    MERCER Human Resource Consulting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[People On The Move: Dowling seconded to the regulator.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6586/is_200611/ai_n26344687]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pensions Regulator has secured Mercer Human Resource  Consulting's Eleanor Dowling as part of its ongoing secondment  programme.    Dowling, who is a pensions lawyer in the UK retirement group at  Mercer, reviews and comments on proposed and existing legislation at the  firm. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The UK government has agreed to reassess how age discrimination rules will be applied to pension schemes and it will delay implementing the regulations for pensions.(Brief article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb119/is_200610/ai_n18980358]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK government has agreed to reassess how age discrimination  rules will be applied to pension schemes and it will delay implementing  the regulations for pensions until December 1.       Mercer Human Resource Consulting, which has lobbied against the  proposals, welcomed the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Opinion: Leader - Hung, drawn and quartered without a fair trial.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6586/is_200510/ai_n25975094]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Gill Wadsworth    The government's pension lifeboat has found itself in stormy  waters this week as the consultation period reaches its  conclusion.    The Pension Protection Fund PPF came in for heavy criticism on  all sides as the Confederation for British Industry,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Corporate Governance: A Different Type of Workout?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153921]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper depicts that in 2004, over 5,000 companies have spent much time, energy, and professional fees grappling with the Section 404 requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The first step was to develop an understanding of the Act - a step dwarfed by the effort to develop the required documentation...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's Time for Employers to Address the Shifting Burden of Prescription Drug Costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156078]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is not news that rising health care costs are a major concern of Canadian governments and employers. The number of retail prescriptions dispensed to Canadians will approach 400 million this year. The cost of these prescriptions will top C$17 billion. The Biological Industry Organization BIO estimates that approximately 350...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News: Contracting out comes up short.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6586/is_200407/ai_n25971485]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The government has chipped away at rebates making contracting out  of the state second pension increasingly the wrong option for pension  schemes, it was said last week.    National Insurance rebates are often worth far less than the state  benefits lost by contracting out, it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pensions law: winners and losers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JQT/is_2003_Dec/ai_n25080014]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The government's publication of draft regulations to ensure that assets are distributed as fairly as possible when pension schemes are wound up has been broadly welcomed by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, but the firm has warned that the proposed laws will give pensioners priority over non pensioners. The planned changes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News: LGPC teams up for government review.(Local Government Pensions Committee)(Brief)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6586/is_200210/ai_n25978446]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Local Government Pensions Committee LGPC is forming a working  group to help respond to the government's review of the local  government pension scheme LGPS.    The working group will include Tim Rothwell from the Society of  Chief Personnel Officers, Phil Goodwin, operations director at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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