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      The Risk Reduction Forum seeks to arm trustees and scheme professionals with practical insights around best practice, and takeaways they can apply to their own scheme

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      Professional Pensions has launched its inaugural Rising Stars Awards to celebrate the emerging talent in pensions

      • Date: 27 Mar 2019
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      Make a date in your diary. These awards are the single largest gathering and a veritable 'who's who' of the corporate pensions industry in the UK.

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Defined Benefit

Croydon Town Hall
Croydon sets up asset-backed funding to reduce pension contributions

An innovative funding structure has been agreed for Croydon Pension Fund. However, there are some concerns about the arrangement. Stephanie Baxter reports

  • Defined Benefit
  • 19 February 2019
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GMP equalisation could land DB members with six figure tax bill

More than 100,000 savers face being landed with huge tax bills following tiny uplifts to their pension, a Freedom of Information (FOI) reply has revealed.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 February 2019
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RBS reports £100m GMP impact; slashes equity exposure by two thirds

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) faces a £102m impact on liabilities as a result of equalising guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs), according to its annual results.

  • Investment
  • 15 February 2019
Forms
Exclusive: Quarter of eligible schemes missing out on PPF-levy reduction

Smaller schemes may be eligible for a levy reduction but are failing to fill out a simple application form, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has said.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 13 February 2019
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Force CEOs to join company DB scheme to prevent reckless behaviour, says study

Forcing company bosses to join the same defined benefit (DB) schemes as their staff could protect pensions better than the threat of prison sentences for scheme mismanagement, Warwick Business School (WBS) has suggested.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 13 February 2019
Ben Gold
Harrods' DB scheme appoints XPS as investment adviser

The Harrods Group Pension Plan has selected XPS Pensions Group to provide investment advice, following a competitive tender process.

  • Industry
  • 12 February 2019
Andy Tunningley
DB deficit falls £8.8bn over January, says PPF

The combined funding level of the UK's 5,450 defined benefit (DB) schemes increased by 60 basis points (bps) over January, latest Pension Protection Fund (PPF) data reveals.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 12 February 2019
The Big Read: The inside story of the BHS schemes' journey to buyout

The story of BHS is one of both outrage and happy endings. James Phillips speaks to trustee chairman Chris Martin and his advisers about the scheme's endgame journey

  • Defined Benefit
  • 08 February 2019
heather quelch
TPT reports engagement increase following platform revamp

TPT Retirement Solutions has reported a six-fold increase in online engagement following a revamp of its platform last year.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 08 February 2019
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RPC Containers scheme promised funding after sponsor acquisition

The RPC Containers Limited Pension Scheme has been offered £5.2m a year in additional cash contributions until 2024 as its sponsor's acquisition is confirmed.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 07 February 2019
DB superfund regime should be robust but not onerous

As the DWP's consultation on consolidation comes to a close, Stephanie Baxter takes a look at the industry's responses

  • Defined Benefit
  • 04 February 2019
A wrench and a pipe
Plumbing scheme begins issuing s75 debt notices

Employers in an industry-wide defined benefit (DB) scheme are braced to receive demands to pay section 75 debts.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 04 February 2019
Charles Cowling
January sees marginal boost for DB funding levels

Defined benefit (DB) funding levels improved by just 40 basis points during January, according to JLT Employee Benefits.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 01 February 2019
Jonathan Stapleton
Trustees must learn from BSPS consultation experience

Jonathan Stapleton looks at the lessons that schemes can learn from the review of the British Steel Pension Scheme consultation experience.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 01 February 2019
Exclusive: Lemonade launches DB member options service for schemes

Lemonade has launched a retirement service in a bid to help trustees and employers guide defined benefit (DB) members through their options.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 31 January 2019
Kim Gubler, PASA
DB superfunds - a regulatory learning curve?

Kim Gubler says neither DWP nor TPR want a repeat of what happened with master trusts

  • Defined Benefit
  • 31 January 2019
Plumbers
Exclusive: Action group says plumbing scheme trustees 'failing in their duties' over s75 burden

Plumbing pensions trustees are "failing in their duty" to provide participating employers with the information they need to prepare for onerous section 75 debts, the Plumbing Employers Action Group (PEAG) says.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 29 January 2019
Superfunds will become routine solution for DB schemes, says industry

Some 52% of pension professionals believe superfunds will become a commonplace solution for certain defined benefit (DB) schemes, a Lincoln Pensions survey finds.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 28 January 2019
Jay Shah, PIC
The problem with DB superfunds

As the consultation on defined benefit (DB) consolidation closes this week, PIC's Jay Shah sets out his concerns about the superfund model

  • Defined Benefit
  • 28 January 2019
Con Keating, Brighton Rock Group
Con Keating: A library of scrutiny

The last month has seen a flurry of reports, studies, consultations and discussion papers published. Con Keating takes a look

  • Defined Benefit
  • 28 January 2019
British Polythene scheme granted security ahead of company acquisition

The British Polythene Pension Scheme (BPPS) has been promised £3.8m per year in additional cash contributions until 2027 as its corporate sponsor is acquired.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 25 January 2019
Fuller's to boost DB funding from proceeds of beer business sale

Pub and hotel giant Fuller's will make an additional contribution to its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme following the proposed sale of its entire beer business.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 25 January 2019
Charles Cowling
FTSE 100 DB deficit improves by £36bn; Bond allocations rise

A number of pension schemes have been prompted to lock in gains with a move into bonds after the estimated deficit across FTSE 100 DB pension schemes improved by £36bn, over the 12 months ending 30 June last year, JLT Employment Benefits found.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 23 January 2019
Caroline Rookes
Trustees 'need professional help' on communications, finds British Steel review

Trustees lack expertise, time and resources to develop effective communications on technical pensions issues and need professional help, a major review of the British Steel saga has concluded.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 22 January 2019
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