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      This webinar will help trustees and pension managers look at the challenges facing open DB schemes, specifically looking at the issues they could face as a result of The Pension Regulator’s new Funding Code of Practice and asking how this could affect the affordability of benefits, future service contributions, investment strategy and benefit design.

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Schemes to be slapped with £1.5bn bill for equalising past transfers
Schemes to be slapped with £1.5bn bill for equalising past transfers

Schemes could be charged a £1.5bn bill to equalise past defined benefit (DB) scheme transfers after last year’s landmark GMP equalisation ruling, says Buck.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 20 April 2021
Digital solutions boost engagement by up to 30%
Digital solutions boost engagement by up to 30%

Member engagement with pensions improves by nearly a third through the adoption of digital solutions, according to Buck.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 07 April 2021
UPDATED: The UK's biggest pension consulting firms by revenue
UPDATED: The UK's biggest pension consulting firms by revenue

PP has analysed the accounts of the biggest pension consulting firms and recorded the turnover (revenue) in their most recent accounts. The full leaderboard is below…

  • Industry
  • 03 February 2021
Buck acquires Concert Consulting
Buck acquires Concert Consulting

Buck has announced its acquisition of pensions and employee benefits communications firm Concert Consulting in a bid to expand its member engagement offering.

  • Industry
  • 02 November 2020
Tumbling bulk annuity records should ring alarm bells for small schemes
Tumbling bulk annuity records should ring alarm bells for small schemes

Mega-deals have dominated the buy-in and buyout market this year, limiting insurer appetite for smaller transactions. John Breedon looks at how small schemes can get ahead for next year.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 22 October 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included The Pensions Regulator launching a consultation on the future of trusteeship.

  • Industry
  • 05 July 2019
Occupational scheme membership rises to 45.6 million people
Occupational scheme membership rises to 45.6 million people

Membership of occupational pension scheme membership has risen to a record high of 45.6 million people as of the end of last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

  • Industry
  • 20 June 2019
Buck: Three-quarters of schemes now cashflow negative
Buck: Three-quarters of schemes now cashflow negative

Contributions are no longer sufficient to meet regular payments for three-quarters of small- to medium- sized defined benefit (DB) schemes, Buck analysis finds.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 June 2019
Back to Buck: How the consultancy returned to its roots
Back to Buck: How the consultancy returned to its roots

After many changes in name and ownership over the past 22 years, Buck has gone back to its roots. David Piltz tells Stephanie Baxter why being smaller and nimbler is better

  • Industry
  • 07 May 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included the 'Buck' name being revived as Conduent sold off the HR consulting business to a private equity investor.

  • Industry
  • 17 August 2018
Buck name revived as Conduent completes sale of HR consulting arm to H.I.G. Capital
Buck name revived as Conduent completes sale of HR consulting arm to H.I.G. Capital

Conduent has completed the sale of its actuarial and human resource consulting business to private equity investor, H.I.G. Capital.

  • Industry
  • 14 August 2018
UPDATE: Conduent sells Buck Consultants to H.I.G. Capital
UPDATE: Conduent sells Buck Consultants to H.I.G. Capital

Conduent has announced it is to sell its human resource consulting and actuarial business - the part of the firm formerly known as Buck Consultants - to private equity investor, H.I.G. Capital.

  • Industry
  • 02 May 2018
Mercer hires principal for retirement business
Mercer hires principal for retirement business

Robert Evans has been appointed as a principal within Mercer's retirement business to advise corporates and pension trustees.

  • Appointments
  • 06 April 2016
Mitchell Consulting hires business development manager
Mitchell Consulting hires business development manager

Neil Barton has been hired as business development manager by actuarial firm Mitchell Consulting.

  • Appointments
  • 02 February 2016
Taking account of geopolitical risk
Taking account of geopolitical risk

We’ve had a difficult start to 2016 and ongoing political factors will continue to have an impact finds Charlotte Moore.

  • Investment
  • 26 January 2016
How to build a solid health and wellbeing strategy
How to build a solid health and wellbeing strategy

Formalising a workplace health and wellbeing strategy is tricky and can prove expensive. Nick Martindale asks if cash plans are strong enough to be the principal building block.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 14 January 2016
KPMG makes Menezes principal in pension team
KPMG makes Menezes principal in pension team

Girish Menezes has joined KPMG's pension's team as a principal with responsibility for the implementation of systems across the pension's administration business in the UK.

  • Appointments
  • 13 January 2016
Arc Pensions Law hires LeGrand as consultant

Kevin LeGrand has been appointed a part time consultant by Arc Pensions Law to help the firm think about long-term strategies for clients.

  • Appointments
  • 13 October 2015
How a rate rise will not be the nirvana schemes seek

If interest rates rise next year, Stephanie Baxter finds it will not be the answer to schemes' funding troubles.

  • Investment
  • 23 September 2015
Buck Consultants launch benefits portal

Buck Consultants at Xerox has launched a one-stop benefits portal.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 21 September 2015
Understanding illiquid fixed income

Nicholas Ridgway and Aruran Morgan discuss the role illiquid bonds can play in a pension scheme portfolio.

  • Investment
  • 17 September 2015
Buck launches DC value for money assessment service

Buck Consultants has introduced a service to help defined contribution (DC) trustees assess whether their schemes provide value for money for members.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 27 August 2015
Bank of England signals rate rise unlikely before 2016

Schemes have been warned against expecting a rate rise this year after just one of the Bank of England's (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members voted for an increase this month.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 06 August 2015
Keeping the PMI relevant in changing times

New PMI president Kevin LeGrand talks to Helen Morrissey about how the body can continue to meet the needs of the industry.

  • Industry
  • 10 July 2015
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