Risk Reduction
Defined Benefit
Raj Mody says we need to take a different approach to tackling the crisis in pensions.
30 August 2016
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3 min read
Investment
De-risking is actually "de-returning", Woodford Investment Management has said in a damning attack on low-risk investment strategies.
30 August 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
House builder Persimmon's defined benefit (DB) scheme has fallen into a funding deficit after liabilities climbed £73.4m in twelve months.
26 August 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
As deficits continue to grow Con Keating urges schemes to think carefully about what they do next.
24 August 2016
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3 min read
Defined Benefit
Demand for buy-ins is set to triple over the next decade as more defined benefit (DB) schemes look to offload their liabilities to insurers.
24 August 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Deferred members dominate the DB universe but the high cost of insuring them makes bulk annuities out of reach for many schemes, even more so since the introduction of Solvency II. Kristian Brunt-Seymour explores what schemes can do.
18 August 2016
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5 min read
Defined Benefit
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has published its latest restructuring principles and guidance for insolvency professionals.
16 August 2016
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1 min read
Investment
Structural imbalances in the gilts market have worsened since the central bank's QE programme faced major setbacks. Supply is squeezed and prices are distorted, pushing down yields yet again. Stephanie Baxter asks if we should be worried.
16 August 2016
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5 min read
Defined Benefit
The combined defined benefit (DB) deficit has reached another all-time high on the back of further gilt yield falls following setbacks in the central bank's bond buying programme.
15 August 2016
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) trustee has shown the government "compelling evidence", arguing it can pay modified benefits indefinitely on a low risk basis outside the lifeboat fund.
12 August 2016
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3 min read
