Defined Benefit
Defined Benefit
Enquiries on transferring final salary pensions overseas shot up in December as savers feared the effect of the upcoming Brexit negotiations, according to deVere Group.
06 January 2017
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1 min read
Law and Regulation
Section 75 debt regulation is inadvertently causing huge financial distress for employers in the industry-wide plumbers' scheme. After years of inaction the government must urgently find a solution, writes Stephanie Baxter
06 January 2017
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
The Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) and GKN Group have approved a £190m buyout in one of the first de-risking deals of 2017.
05 January 2017
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Royal Mail has started a formal consultation process on closing its "unaffordable" defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual from April 2018.
05 January 2017
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The combined deficit of FTSE 350 defined benefit (DB) schemes rose by £98bn over 2016, according to Mercer data.
04 January 2017
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Defined benefit (DB) transfer values rose by £31,000 over 2016 thanks to a fall in gilt yields, according to Xafinity's monthly index.
04 January 2017
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Henry Tapper discusses the highs and lows of DB transfers.
04 January 2017
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3 min read
Defined Benefit
The aggregate deficit of FTSE 350 defined benefit (DB) schemes more than doubled in 2016, causing funding levels to plummet 10% in 12 months.
03 January 2017
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The industry has reacted with a mixture of support and scepticism at MPs' recommendations to reform the defined benefit (DB) pension system.
22 December 2016
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3 min read
Defined Benefit
The Treasury select committee is to investigate how low interest rates and quantitative easing have impacted the economy since 2008.
22 December 2016
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2 min read
