In transition (TT Sept08 p42-44)

How is the credit crunch affecting pension investments? Should more companies take a serious look at the pension buy-out market? And what essential information on pension funds should be readily to hand for any treasurer? These were some of the issues addressed by this year’s ACT annual pensions conference in late June, chaired by Paul Thornton, a veteran of Watson Wyatt and now managing director of the pensions advisory team at Gazelle Corporate Finance.