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Employee Benefits
A former owner of Carrington Wire Limited (CWL) has been banned from acting as a company director after helping the firm's parent company dump its defined benefit (DB) scheme.
23 November 2015
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Law and Regulation
A former owner of Carrington Wire Limited (CWL) has been banned from acting as a company director after helping the firm's parent company dump its defined benefit (DB) scheme.
19 November 2015
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Defined Benefit
The Smiths Group has cut contributions to the Smiths Industries Pension Scheme (SIPS) by 60% after a dramatic improvement in funding levels allowed trustees to de-risk its investments.
17 November 2015
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Defined Benefit
Total UK defined benefit (DB) pension deficits shrunk slightly in October but still stand at £228bn, according to figures from JLT Employee Benefits.
02 November 2015
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Defined Benefit
A new accounting standard will worsen the insolvency scores of hundreds of employers in the Pension Protection Fund, finds Stephanie Baxter
30 October 2015
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Investment
The multi sector credit market has doubled in the past three years to £96bn as schemes seek higher yields in the low return environment, according to Punter Southall Investment Consulting.
30 October 2015
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Defined Benefit
Pension schemes could see liabilities surge by £62bn if interest rate rises are delayed, warns JLT Employee Benefits.
26 October 2015
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Law and Regulation
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has warned increases in life expectancy could lead to individual hardship and put a strain on the benefits system.
23 October 2015
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Defined Benefit
Financial Times (FT) journalists have voted to ballot for strike action in a row over plans to end its final salary scheme that the union has called a "pensions robbery".
23 October 2015
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