Risk & Reward is a magazine that explores a wide range of risk issues facing companies in the management of employees, with articles written mostly by national newspaper and specialist journalists.

Risk & Reward November 2009

This issue features six articles.

• Pensions called to account
  Volatile equity and bond markets have created major headaches in accounting for pensions and other post-retirement benefits. And proposed changes to accounting rules could have even more of an impact.
• Make a connection
  Employers efforts to deal with the recession have driven a coach and horses through established business plans and left organisational structures and people processes misaligned with new business models. As businesses look towards calmer economic waters, it is essential to reconnect employees to the business and realign people policies and reward to ensure the organisation is in a position to best exploit the opportunities created by the recovery.
• All change for executive reward
  Criticism of executive reward is rife. But a new survey reveals pay, pensions, bonuses and incentive payouts have already fallen dramatically in the recession. The system is not as broken as some people think.
• Turn employees on to pensions
  Pensions are a vital employee engagement tool. But in order to take full advantage, employers must get over the first hurdle getting employees interested in pensions themselves. Nothing short of a complete change of mindset is required.
• Take steps in the right direction
  Financial planning for pensions has never been an entirely linear process, but setbacks from the financial turmoil, coupled with changes to pensions, means it is time to revisit long-term plans.
• Raise the bar on pension standards
  With volatile markets and a fast-changing landscape, DC governance must be effective to deliver pensions that stand the test of time.