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Contents

• FAQ page - Frequently asked questions

• The Complaints - some of the detail regarding the complaints
  • Summary

• Newsletters (most recent first)
  • Number 12 - 13 August 2002
  • Number 11 - 22 April 2002
  • Number 10 - 17th March 2002
  • Number 9. - 2nd January 2002
  • Number 8. - 8th November 2001
  • Number 7. - 2nd September
  • Number 6. - 2nd June
  • Number 5. - 17th April
  • Number 4. - 16th February
  • Number 3. - 15th December 2000
  • Number 2. - 5th November
  • Number 1. - 16th October

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• Correspondence
  • Tom Heneghan's correspondence file
  • John Howell's Questions to David Newman
  • Letter to John Spencer (OPAS) by Charles Tyler (6 Sept)
  • Oliver Letwin MP's reply to Peter Hill (1 Oct)
  • Dave Reid's Complaints to the Trustee
  • Dave Budd's Questions about the C and M Plans
  • David Redman's correspondence 15th August 1999
  • Russell Riseley's correspondence 15th September 1999
  • Paul Rogers statement 19th October
  • Correspondence with Jim Lamb, IBM Director
  • The Trust Viewpoint with commentary by Brian Marks
  • The Trust Viewpoint (2) another contribution from Brian Marks
  • MP's Replies
  • The View from Westminster - updated January 2002
  • Letter from Sandra Gidley
  • Answers from David Newman
  • Open Letter to Lou - a report

• Reports and Data Analysis
  • Information and Analysis provided by Dave(DAT) Reid
  • An Assessment by Dave Mitchell
  • Note on OPRA document by Nigel Foster
  • Comparing the Pension Increase with Fund Transfer
  • Pension Increases and Retail Price Index
  • Extracts from the Trust Deeds
  • Law, Rules and Regulations
  • Initial Comment on the Barclay's Case
  • London Retirees Club AGM Report
  • A Decade of Decline - how IBM compares with others over time
  • A Decade of Decline (2) - more information on how IBM compares with others over time
  • A Decade of Decline (3) - more comparative information
  • IBM and British Airways Pension Plans how they compare
  • Hursley Retirees Club AGM Report - 13th March
  • Trustees and the 1997 Trust Deeds by Dave Reid
  • Economical with the Facts further note to Hursley AGM report
  • A Decade of Incline - The C Plan investment record
  • A Decade of Confusion - a brief history of Trust Law
  • The Context of the Members Report 2000 - comments
  • The Actuarial Report 2000 - analysis
  • Can the Ombudsman be Effective a personal view of where the Ombudsman enquiry is heading
  • D Newman's statement on the Myners Review
  • Report on London Retirees Club AGM 2002
  • Elected Trustees
  • Report on Hursley Retirees Club AGM 2002
  • Thorn EMI at OPRA

• Old Message Archive

• Selected Message Board Threads
  • Trustee Accountability
  • Letters to MPs
  • C Plan is a 'Contributory Pension'
  • Letter to Lou - reply
  • Bullets for OPAS
  • Dramatis Personae
  • Scope of C Plan Dissatisfaction
  • From Jeff Rooker MP (DSS)
  • N Plan
  • N Plan (2)
  • .. and British Airways too
  • Risks and Defined Benefit Scheme
  • IBM HR response to TIMES article
  • Tax Liabilities
  • Questions to put to a Pensions Specialist
  • Failure of the Auditors?
  • IBM South Africa in the News
  • Company return of Fund Assests
  • IBM/Retiree Communication
  • OPAS Reply
  • Retiree Club
  • Why not put everything on the table
  • Treasury Institutional Pension Review
  • C Plan Capping
  • Equitable Life
  • Letter from Jeff Rooker
  • Who is playing the Gentlemen
  • UK Pensions Trust
  • Capping and Dave Mitchell's Letter to J Lamb
  • E Plan Members please make contact
  • Trojan Scanned- Paranoia ?
  • Pensioners Association
  • The Oxygen of Publicity

• From the Press
  • IBM Shows Its Age - from The Industry Standard
  • Pension experts criticise budget - from BBC News
  • Grid pensioners see MPs over surpluses - Telegraph 26 Jan
  • Telegraph 23 Nov:"Funds consider Barclays ruling"
  • Telegraph 23 Nov:"A sound judgment over pensions"
  • TIMES article:"Pensions victory for Barclays"
  • TIMES article:"IBM to face inquiry over pension fund"
  • TIMES article:"BA to be forced into climbdown on pension plan"
  • Clippings from "Private Eye" - British Airways Pension Fund
  • Hayling Island Messages

• Shareholders Meeting Resolutions
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• Foreign Stories
  • IBM Finally Discloses $762 Million Vapor Profit
  • IBM Pensionsers in South Africa lodge Complaint
  • Clippings from USA Newpapers
  • From the USA: More on Vapour Profits
  • Poughkeepsie reads the Times
  • Strip away pensions' veneer to find ugly face of capitalism
    from "Business Report" - South Africa
  • IBM Issues - USA Weekly summaries
  • Mistakes, recalcitrance, bureaucracy E and pensioners
    - from Business Report (South Africa). By David Gleason
  • 4 Arrest Warrants in IBM Case
  • IBM increases pensionser pay

• Other General
• The Archive