Published since 1971, B&C International now has a readership of multinational corporations and their advisers in around 32 countries. Each issue of the magazine features a range of articles, written by experts in the field and aimed at keeping readers up to date on developments around the world; highlights of international conferences reported by staff writers and shorter editorial pieces on topical events. A detailed report on a special topic or a particular country/region, with sections contributed by specialists based there, is published twice a year. In the past three years, reports on Multinational Pooling and Captives, Internationally Mobile Employees, Health Care, Denmark and India have been featured.

The magazine not only brings you the facts but, more importantly, offers the interpretation and analysis that international companies need to make the best use of these facts. Covering benefit plan design and compensation trends worldwide, health care, group life assurance, social security and retirement issues, among others, it is essential reading for those working in the area of international employee benefits and compensation.

September 2007

CONTRIBUTORS' ARTICLES THIS MONTH

Alan Judes explores how US 401(k) plans can be replicated in a UK context through the use of a Share Incentive Plan. This vehicle allows UK employees to defer up to 10% of their pay to purchase company shares tax effectively (up to a limit) with the employer able to match the contribution by a fraction or anything up to two times the amount, again tax effectively