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Kristian Brunt-Seymour

Kristian Brunt-Seymour

Kristian is Senior Correspondent at Professional Pensions covering pensions-related news, commentary and analysis for finance, HR and benefits professionals.

This includes risk reduction, risk management, defined benefit, defined contribution, auto-enrolment, law, legislation and regulation.

Kristian over four years experience as an NCTJ-accredited journalst. He is also a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).

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Articles by Kristian Brunt-Seymour

Defined Contribution

Government warned against moving to 'damaging' pension ISA

Radically reforming the pensions tax relief system could disincentivise saving, according to a report by the International Longevity Centre - UK (ILC-UK) and Age UK.

clock 04 March 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Contribution

Tesco appoints Legal & General as DC pension provider

Tesco has appointed Legal & General as its defined contribution (DC) bundled pension provider.

clock 03 March 2016 • 1 min read

Risk Management

Blackrock warns Brexit offers plenty of risk for little reward

There would be little to gain from Britain leaving the EU, according to a paper from BlackRock Investment Institute (BII).

clock 03 March 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Benefit

A quarter of schemes not reviewed investment strategy since freedoms

Nearly a quarter of companies have still not reviewed their pension schemes' investment strategy in light of the April freedoms according to Willis Towers Watson's DC master trust, LifeSight.

clock 03 March 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Benefit

Long-term funding of public sector GMP indexation remains uncertain

The Government has announced it will fully index public service pensions for workers reaching State Pension Age from April 2016 to 5 December 2018.

clock 02 March 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Contribution

Scottish Widows to stop exit fee charges

Scottish Widows has announced it will remove all exit fees across its workplace pensions.

clock 02 March 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

Ultra Electronics to close DB scheme to future accrual

Ultra Electronics Holdings plans to close its £238m defined benefit (DB) pension scheme to future accrual from 5 April 2016.

clock 01 March 2016 • 1 min read

Appointments

Former CBI chief appointed to review State Pension age

John Cridland has been appointed to lead an independent review of the State Pension age.

clock 01 March 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Contribution

Rolls-Royce chooses Friends Life as pension provider

Friends Life, now part of the Aviva group, has been appointed corporate pension provider for Rolls-Royce.

clock 01 March 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

DB deficits shrink by £43bn in February

Total funding levels of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes have improved since January despite volatile markets and low interest rates, according to JLT Employee Benefits.

clock 01 March 2016 • 2 min read
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