Defined Benefit
Law and Regulation
The industry has broadly welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) plans to modernise processes around pension transfers in response to concerns over surging demand.
22 June 2017
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3 min read
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Shareholders have granted National Milk Records (NMR) permission to pull out of the multi-employer Milk Pension Fund (MPF) at a cost of £14.8m.
22 June 2017
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1 min read
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Trustees can expect The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to intervene in their favour if sponsors are not fulfilling their obligations to a scheme, Andrew Warwick-Thompson says.
21 June 2017
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1 min read
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The UK's 350 largest listed companies are becoming increasingly unlikely to be able to meet their pension obligations, PwC research has suggested.
19 June 2017
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3 min read
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The most important characteristics in advisers differ by scheme size, but the approach to investment is not overly dissimilar, James Phillips writes
19 June 2017
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5 min read
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Trustees of the two British Home Stores (BHS) schemes have sent 18,000 letters to members explaining the options available to them following the deal reached earlier this year.
16 June 2017
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2 min read
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Trustees of the £10bn Co-operative pension fund are demanding £50m to split the scheme and enable a deal to rescue the struggling bank, according to reports.
16 June 2017
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1 min read
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Over 80% of advisers expect an increasing number of transfer requests from defined benefit (DB) scheme members over the next year, according to a survey.
15 June 2017
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1 min read
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The combined deficit of FTSE 100 defined benefit (DB) schemes grew by more than £10bn over 2016, Barnett Waddingham research has estimated.
15 June 2017
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2 min read
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The majority of defined benefit (DB a schemes remain affordable but many should do more to tackle increased deficits and reduce risk to pensioners, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.
13 June 2017
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4 min read
