Defined Benefit
Risk Reduction
The Pension Protection Fund has seen its funding level improve by 1.2 percentage points, after enjoying above target returns in a year when it took on pension schemes of big corporates like Carillion.
13 July 2018
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3 min read
Defined Benefit
Any surplus generated by The Pension Superfund will be shared between members and the defined benefit (DB) consolidator's capital providers, Alan Rubenstein has said.
12 July 2018
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The combined deficit of the UK's 5,588 private sector defined benefit (DB) schemes was £85.6bn at the end of June, according to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).
10 July 2018
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2 min read
Law and Regulation
Stephen Richards says the 'paymasters' principle is likely to be scrutinised closely in light of British Airways' landmark win in the Court of Appeal.
09 July 2018
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3 min read
Defined Benefit
The pensions industry has, Francis Fernandes says, an 'unhealthy obsession with modelling' and should spend more time on contingency planning.
06 July 2018
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
Alan Taylor looks at the importance of looking at alternative risk measures when developing investment and funding strategies for DB schemes
06 July 2018
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3 min read
Law and Regulation
A potentially landmark case has been launched in the High Court as Lloyds Bank seeks guidance on how to address equalisation of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs).
05 July 2018
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2 min read
Law and Regulation
Martin Hunter says while new TPR powers will increase the burden on all DB employers, it isn't all doom and gloom
04 July 2018
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3 min read
Risk Reduction
The trustees of the Siemens defined Benefit (DB) scheme have completed a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), covering around 6000 members.
04 July 2018
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1 min read
Risk Reduction
Funds that match and link credit with liability-driven investing (LDI) have been launched by BMO Global Asset Management in a bid to simplify the process of de-risking defined benefit (DB) schemes.
04 July 2018
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2 min read
