Defined Benefit
Defined Benefit
GMB members at United Utilities in the North-West are being balloted over industrial action in response to plans to close the company's defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.
13 January 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
From hackers stealing information from Talk Talk to Anthem, Michael Klimes looks at how safe schemes are from cyber criminals
12 January 2016
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7 min read
Law and Regulation
State pension reform could cost local authorities and public sector contractors £1bn if the government forces them to pay for inflation protection, according to Mercer.
12 January 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
More than a third (36%) of employers have seen staff enquiring about transferring from a defined benefit (DB) to a defined contribution (DC) pension scheme since April, research finds.
12 January 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Pooling the local government pension scheme (LGPS) into infrastructure-focused funds is mere tinkering and will not be enough to repair its deficit hole, according to Michael Johnson.
12 January 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The funding level of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pensions Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 index has improved on the back of rising gilt yields.
12 January 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
This week we want to know what you think will happen to aggregate defined benefit funding levels in 2016 and what the priorities of The Pensions Regulator should be.
11 January 2016
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1 min read
Investment
PP asks if schemes should be worried about big surges in volatility
11 January 2016
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6 min read
Law and Regulation
2015 was a phenomenally busy year for pension regulation and there are no signs of a quiet 2016. Punter Southall head of research Jane Beverley looks at the most important dates for trustees.
08 January 2016
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4 min read
Law and Regulation
Lesley Titcomb outlines the challenges for the year ahead
08 January 2016
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4 min read
