Jack Jones looks at the grey areas of ABCs

Jack Jones looks at The Pensions Regulator’s guidance to trustees on asset-backed contribution structures

The Royal Mail has seen its scheme surplus soar to more than £1.8bn after trustees agreed to break the link between salaries and pensionable pay.

Hymans Robertson and Cass Business School have launched a research project to develop a method of assessing the basis risk in longevity transactions.

KPMG has boosted its tax and pensions practice with two partner appointments and a raft of promotions to director level.

Activist and trustee Philip Meadowcroft urges asset owners to engage in some public blood letting.

George Emmerson, trustee of the Standard Life Staff Pension Fund explains how trustees can get the most out of their advisers.

Greencore has set up an asset-backed contribution structure (ABC) to fund a £40m deficit in one of its defined benefit (DB) schemes.

Kcom has spent £895,000 putting in place an asset-backed contribution structure (ABC) that will deliver £1.1m a year to its defined benefit scheme for the next 15 years.

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has reinsured the longevity risk relating to £1.4bn of the liabilities in its bulk annuity portfolio with a range of reinsurance houses.