Defined Benefit
Law and Regulation
Naomi Rainey explores difficulties schemes will face due to HMRC’s interpretation of an ECJ ruling
13 February 2014
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Law and Regulation
Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed the government will explore changes to Pension Protection Fund (PPF) rules to help employees of companies which operate in other countries as well as the UK.
12 February 2014
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Defined Benefit
Engineering firm WS Atkins has agreed a 12-year recovery plan to close its scheme's £430m deficit.
12 February 2014
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Defined Benefit
The aggregate deficit of schemes in the PPF 7800 rose by £48.9bn in January, to £76.5bn.
11 February 2014
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Defined Benefit
The deficit at Barclays' UK Retirement Fund increased 75% in 2013, hitting £1.4bn by the end of the year.
11 February 2014
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Defined Benefit
Cornwall Pension fund will invest £60m of its £1.4bn fund into active frontier market equities co-managed by HSBC Global Asset Management.
11 February 2014
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Defined Benefit
The Scapa Group has completed a merger of its UK defined benefit (DB) schemes and put in place a 25-year asset-backed contribution structure ABC to fund the new scheme.
06 February 2014
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Risk Reduction
Jack Jones examines whether there are benefits for early movers in the medically underwritten bulk annuity market
06 February 2014
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Defined Benefit
Barnett Waddingham’s Malcolm McLean urges the government to bring forward DA legislation
06 February 2014
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Law and Regulation
Jack Jones talks to the Pension Protection Fund’s new head of insolvency and restructuring Malcolm Weir about the lifeboat scheme’s new approach
06 February 2014
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