The newspaper publisher is offering a one-off upfront £41.2m cash payment and £29.2m deficit recovery plan for the Northern & Shell defined benefit (DB) schemes as part of its planned acquisition.
Five schemes sponsored by advertising firm WPP have completed a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation - insuring £140m of pensioner and deferred liabilities.
Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has agreed to insure all its pensioner liabilities with PartnerRe in a deal set to cover its full buy-in of the Dockworkers Pension Fund.
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has announced it has appointed Miles O'Connor as its new head of institutional for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).
This week's top stories included what pension schemes should do following the arrival of MiFID II, and Barnett Waddingham posting a 40% rise in pre-tax profits