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      This webinar will bring together views from actuaries, lawyers, administrators, trustees and data experts to look at the pragmatic, collaborative solutions that are open to schemes to solve the GMP equalisation challenges in 2021. It will assess the individual challenges schemes face with equalisations and provide some practical options that are available to resolve these issues.

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Accounting for Pensions

Fears grow over GMP equalisation hit on corporate profits
Fears grow over GMP equalisation hit on corporate profits

A looming court decision on gender equalisation of pension schemes could hit FTSE 100 profits by up to £15bn, Lane Clark and Peacock (LCP) says.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 16 October 2018
Back to black: FTSE 100 schemes post accounting surplus for first time in decade
Back to black: FTSE 100 schemes post accounting surplus for first time in decade

Pension schemes at the UK's 100 largest listed companies had a combined accounting surplus of £4bn at the end of 2017, Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) analysis suggests.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 22 May 2018
Pension-related insolvencies could be prevented by more stringent accounting
Pension-related insolvencies could be prevented by more stringent accounting

IAS 19 is the accounting standard many sponsors use to make disclosures about their defined benefit schemes in their records. But a report from Lincoln Pensions argues IAS 19 is not good enough. Michael Klimes investigates.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 31 October 2016
De-risking has worsened deficits, says industry
De-risking has worsened deficits, says industry

The majority of respondents in this week's Pensions Buzz agree with Neil Woodford's investment firm that de-risking has worsened scheme deficits.

  • Investment
  • 08 September 2016
Are deficits starting to spook investors?
Are deficits starting to spook investors?

The cost and size of pension deficits are increasing which has consequences for trustees, company directors and shareholders. Michael Klimes asks if investors are starting to worry.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 02 September 2016
Trustees should take 'wait and see strategy' after Brexit
Trustees should take 'wait and see strategy' after Brexit

Trustees need to think about the consequences of Brexit according to PP research.

  • Industry
  • 13 July 2016
Scourge of the Modern Scrooge

Who should the ghost of Jacob Marley be haunting this Christmas?

  • Industry
  • 18 December 2015
Avoiding nasty SORPrises: a guide to accounting for pension schemes

Updated accounting practices could create headaches for pension schemes. Philip Briggs outlines what trustees need to know.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 November 2015
NAPF Investment Conference: Public pensions have bigger deficit than Greece

Lack of proper accounting across European public sector pension schemes is hiding the true extent of their liabilities, according to International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) chairman Hans Hoogervorst.

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  • 12 March 2015
FRC clarifies FRS 102 position on pension obligations

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published amendments to FRS 102 to help clarify confusion over the impact of the new accounting standard.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 27 February 2015
How proposed accounting rule changes could affect schemes and sponsors

Do proposed changes to accounting rules mean Armageddon for UK PLC

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 August 2014
Accounting rule change could wipe £25bn off UK companies

Proposals to change how companies account for surpluses in their pension schemes could knock £25bn off the balance sheets of Britain's biggest companies, a consultant has claimed.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 August 2014
LCP: Shift to CDC unlikely as FTSE firms continue transition to DC

A shift towards collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes is "unlikely" as the trend towards defined contribution (DC) plans continues, LCP says.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 06 August 2014
LCP: FTSE100 firms seek alternatives to cash funding; contributions fall by £1.7bn

An increasing number of FTSE100 firms are seeking alternatives to straight cash funding, with 38 FTSE100 companies disclosing some form of security arrangements in their 2013 accounts, LCP research finds.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 06 August 2014
LCP: Wholesale shift to RPIJ will cut FTSE100 deficits by £20bn

If all the FTSE100 companies still using the RPI inflation measure in their pension schemes were to move to using RPIJ, the combined pension deficit could fall by up to £20bn, LCP says.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 06 August 2014

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