Defined Benefit
Law and Regulation
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will issue a green paper on the future of defined benefit (DB) schemes in early 2017, the pensions minister has confirmed.
01 December 2016
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
A quarter of schemes may see no improvement in deficits in 20 years because many are still not integrating long-term covenant risk, according to research.
01 December 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The Go-Ahead Group has announced it is revising the accounting policy for its rail pension schemes.
30 November 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Aggregate Industries Pension Plan has completed a £135m pensioner buy-in with Just Retirement.
30 November 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
The Pensions Regulator chief executive Lesley Titcomb was asked whether assets such as Sir Philip Green's yachts could be seized in an attempt to resolve the BHS Pension Scheme deficit. This is what she said…
23 November 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Defined benefit (DB) schemes should be allowed to restructure benefits to sort out funding deficits, according to top UK pension funds in a poll by Sackers.
22 November 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
The Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has priced £250m of subordinated debt issuance to meet expected bulk annuity demand from defined benefit (DB) schemes.
21 November 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Con Keating takes a look at different approaches to evaluating pension liabilities.
18 November 2016
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6 min read
Law and Regulation
It was not legally risky for the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) trustees to unilaterally amend the trust deed to give themselves a discretionary increase power, ex-adviser Anthony Arter has said.
17 November 2016
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
PP asks three industry experts about the funding challenges facing DB schemes and what trustees can do to help address the issues they face
17 November 2016
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15 min read
