Defined Benefit
Defined Benefit
Brexit is likely to reduce the urgency from trustees to take action on guaranteed minimum pensions (GMP) equalisation according to Anna Rogers.
12 July 2016
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1 min read
Risk Reduction
A trend whereby insurers are providing fewer buyout quotations for smaller schemes has accelerated since the end of 2015, according to JLT.
12 July 2016
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The cost of longevity risk for defined benefit (DB) schemes has increased by 50% in the past 12 years due to falling long-term interest rates.
11 July 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
This week we want to know if schemes need a different approach in how they calculate liabilities and if NEST will repay its loan to the government.
11 July 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
The industry has to be more flexible to make defined benefit (DB) schemes more sustainable during this time of economic uncertainty says Ros Altmann.
08 July 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Mortality studies are increasingly seen as a method for trustees and companies to better understand scheme membership life expectancy. Kristian Brunt-Seymour explores how this can help companies make better financial decisions.
08 July 2016
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
Brian Spence asks what DB trustees should do in the aftermath of the referendum result.
08 July 2016
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
A report commissioned by Sky sets out ways to separate Openreach from BT Group without putting pension scheme members at risk, following the telecoms giant's warnings.
07 July 2016
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3 min read
Communication
Concerns have been raised about making members more aware of risks to their defined benefit (DB) pensions, for fear of leading to panic and knee-jerk reactions.
07 July 2016
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2 min read
Investment
The de-risking phenomenon is drying up long-term investment in younger generations as companies are forced to put more into defined benefit (DB) schemes, according to Ashok Gupta.
07 July 2016
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2 min read
