Risk Reduction
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
Investment
The majority of respondents in this week's Pensions Buzz agree with Neil Woodford's investment firm that de-risking has worsened scheme deficits.
08 September 2016
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5 min read
Defined Benefit
Assets of the biggest 300 pension funds globally dropped by over 3% in 2015, the first fall in value since the financial crisis according to research.
05 September 2016
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2 min read
