Risk Reduction
Defined Benefit
With demand for bulk annuities predicted to reach £350bn by 2026, supply may not be able to keep up, which could push up pricing. Kristian Brunt-Seymour looks at whether it is an issue and what it means for schemes.
21 September 2016
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6 min read
Risk Reduction
Defined benefit scheme (DB) trustees and sponsors need to think more about how factors such as vaping and obesity will affect longevity risk, according to Mercer.
21 September 2016
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2 min read
Appointments
Legal & General's (L&G) pension risk transfer business has hired Frankie Borrell from Partnership.
16 September 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has launched a consultation on changes to actuarial assumptions in valuations used in sponsor insolvencies and to determine risk-based levies.
16 September 2016
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2 min read
Industry
Aon Hewitt has launched a broking service called Bulk Annuity Compass to help schemes with the purchase of a bulk annuity.
15 September 2016
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1 min read
Law and Regulation
The British Steel Pension Scheme could seek to use a regulated apportionment agreement (RAA) if the government shelves controversial plans to change pensions law to help the scheme.
14 September 2016
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3 min read
Defined Benefit
Deficits could be reduced by hundreds of billions of pounds if schemes were able to move away from the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
13 September 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The total funding level of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 index has worsened for the fourth month in a row, after further gilt yield falls.
13 September 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Associated British Foods (ABF) expects its defined benefit (DB) scheme to have a £200m deficit by the end of 2016 due to tumbling bond yields.
12 September 2016
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1 min read
Risk Reduction
Floor coverings manufacturer AIREA has cut its defined benefit (DB) scheme deficit after completing a pension increase exchange (PIE) exercise.
09 September 2016
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1 min read
