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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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      So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap,' ‘pension freedoms' or consultations around ‘value for money', says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

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      In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.

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Book review: Towards a New Pensions Settlement (Volume 3)
Book review: Towards a New Pensions Settlement (Volume 3)

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  • 23 June 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Why well-designed CDC is viable for UK employers
EXCLUSIVE: Why well-designed CDC is viable for UK employers

Simon Eagle of Willis Towers Watson says that, based on his work for Royal Mail, well-designed collective defined contribution (CDC) funds would be viable for some other UK employers too.

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  • 23 October 2018
End to Nortel feud in sight as agreement reached on pension payouts
End to Nortel feud in sight as agreement reached on pension payouts

An agreement has been reached on how to compensate members of the Nortel pension scheme after years of negotiations since the company went bust in 2009.

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  • 13 October 2016
DB liabilities could change by £70bn due to Brexit
DB liabilities could change by £70bn due to Brexit

A shift in longer dated gilt yields of 0.3% triggered by a Brexit could change defined benefit (DB) liabilities by £70bn according to the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP).

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  • 17 May 2016
Boris was wrong to lay into 'old Doobury' scheme managers

Helen Morrissey says the London Mayor's criticism of public sector schemes was unfair

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  • 07 October 2014
PPI: Freedoms not a barrier to CDC

The Budget flexibilities will not hinder the government's plans for collective defined contribution (CDC), according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).

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UK schemes pay the most for buyouts

Defined benefit (DB) schemes in the UK pay considerably more to offload liabilities to an insurer than schemes in other countries, according to research from Mercer.

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Longevity swap market heading for crunch if insurers target US

Reinsurers could run out of capacity to hedge UK schemes' longevity risk if they turn their attention to more lucrative US and Canadian markets, warns PwC.

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  • 30 July 2013
Nortel mediation collapse leaves UK scheme empty-handed

The Trustee of the Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan and the Pension Protection Fund have been left empty-handed after an international mediation failed to settle the dispute over the assets of collapsed telecoms giant Nortel Networks Corporation.

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Judge launches Nortel mediation website

The man responsible for mediating a £2.1bn UK pension claim on bankrupt firm Nortel Network's assets has launched a website to keep people up to date with developments.

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Global regulatory update

Pension funds around the world will be preparing for a raft of legislation being implemented in the coming months.

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Canada funds sue Sino-Forest

CANADA - Two pension funds have filed a C$6.5bn ($6.5bn) class action lawsuit against China-based timber company Sino-Forest and its auditor Ernst & Young.

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