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Revised IAS19 prompts de-risking

Professional Pensions | 22 May 2012 | 12:44

Revised IAS19 measures will remove perceived barriers to de-risking and make companies focus more on the discount rate used to measure scheme liabilities, says Mercer.

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Insurers deny terms to schemes expanded for AE

Insurers have started to turn down employers who want to expand existing schemes for auto-enrolment, PP has learned.

Professional Pensions | 17 May 2012 | 08:00

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IAS 19: Five ways it will affect DB sponsors

IAS19 amendments are set to be approved by the EU within months. Here are five areas for sponsors to consider ahead of the changes.

Professional Pensions | 14 May 2012 | 11:33

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UK Pensions Awards 2012 - The Winners

Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2012.

Professional Pensions | 10 May 2012 | 09:28

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EXCLUSIVE: Conventional LGPS gilt holdings near £4bn

Conventional gilt holdings for local government pension schemes increased by £441m last year as rising prices and increased allocations boosted the value held by the LGPS, figures show.

Professional Pensions | 10 May 2012 | 08:00

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Cash rich and contribution shy

Can schemes find respite in the cash stockpiles of their sponsors? Hannah Brenton investigates.

Professional Pensions | 10 May 2012 | 08:00

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UK deficits stable at half a trillion

Deficits in UK schemes were stable over the last month as corporate bond yields and long-term inflation expectations remained unchanged, research finds.

Professional Pensions | 08 May 2012 | 11:42

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Pensions Conjecture: Multi-Asset

Listen to our latest Pensions Conjecture debate on Multi-Asset.

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The definition of ‘defined aspiration’

Top industry commentators give PP their interpretation of Steve Webb’s new catchphrase

Professional Pensions | 26 Apr 2012 | 08:00

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Payroll providers remain unprepared for AE

Pension managers are increasingly frustrated with the service payroll providers are providing during auto-enrolment preparation, research from Anthony Hodges Consulting shows.

Professional Pensions | 04 Apr 2012 | 11:00

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£20bn sponsor contributions vanish into black hole

Scheme deficits are higher than a year ago despite £20bn being ploughed into pension funds by sponsoring employers, Mercer data shows.

Professional Pensions | 04 Apr 2012 | 09:27

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UK equities: An endangered species

UK equity allocations from UK defined benefit schemes plummeted over the last decade. Michael Bow finds out who will benefit from UK equities’ drop-off in scheme portfolios.

Professional Pensions | 29 Mar 2012 | 08:00 To read this article you must be a subsriber

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Analysis: Dodging a Budget bullet

Hannah Brenton looks at a Budget that avoided the worst expectations of the pensions industry.

Professional Pensions | 29 Mar 2012 | 08:00

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