Investment bank J.P. Morgan has started quoting prices for Consumer Prices Index swaps after the government announced it would change the indexation basis for pension increases from RPI to CPI this summer.
Chris Wagstaff, of Aviva Investors looks at what inflation means for defined benefit schemes, the implications of implementing a new inflation indexing basis and whether inflation remains a threat
Schemes should look at the bigger picture on risk before opting for insurance contracts that enable switching from RPI to CPI, a consultant says.
This high-level industry debate - sponsored by Scottish Widows - discusses the future of pensions and looks at what can be done to encourage occupational provision and make existing schemes easier to administer as well as how to engage members and employees...
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to a letter included in the 2 September edition of PP.....
Pension Insurance Corporation has begun offering scheme sponsors flexible insurance contracts that enable it to switch benefit payments from RPI to CPI.
This month, panellists Stephen Jones and Jeroen van Bezooijen discuss the effects of the move to the Consumer Prices Index
This week including a letter from Barnett Waddingham parter Adrian Waddingham
UK - The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) should increase its retirement age to 66 and limit pensionable pay to £75,000 ($115,000) a year, the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) said in its submission to the Public Service Pensions Commission....
More than half of scheme managers believe switching indexation of pension increases from RPI to CPI will help pension funds, an exclusive PP survey reveals.