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Industry
Top stories this week include the Pensions Ombudsman's dismissal of a GMP equalisation claim; the MIRA Retirement Benefits Scheme's £70m buyout; and Newham Council's proposal for an asset-backed contribution structure.
31 July 2015
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Defined Benefit
4imprint is working to cut the liabilities in its defined benefit scheme by turning a £25m pensioner buy-in into a partial buyout and launching a liability transfer exercise for deferred members.
29 July 2015
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Risk Reduction
MIRA Retirement Benefits Scheme (MIRARBS) has secured a £70m buyout after agreeing to compromise its sponsor's statutory debt as part of a corporate restructuring.
28 July 2015
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Risk Reduction
The insurance industry faces a "severe" concentration of systematic longevity risk through the market for buy-ins, buyouts and longevity swaps, according to professor David Blake.
17 June 2015
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Risk Reduction
Punter Southall Investment Consulting has designed a service to reduce the complexity, administration and costs of de-risking strategies.
12 June 2015
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Risk Reduction
The EC De Witt pension scheme has entered a buyout with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) after its parent company was bought by a private equity firm.
28 May 2015
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Appointments
David James and Dan Naylor are set to be promoted to pensions partner at law firm Travers Smith from 1 July.
15 May 2015
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Risk Reduction
Insurers completed just £800m of buyouts and buy-ins in the first quarter of the year, according research from LCP, far below the £4.4bn written in the first quarter of 2014.
13 May 2015
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Risk Reduction
Guy Freeman says rising rates could be the silver lining for companies with defined benefit schemes
05 May 2015
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Law and Regulation
Top stories this week include the latest development in the Box Clever legal process, a data warning from TPR, and cuts at the regulators. Here's what you might have missed.
27 March 2015
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