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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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Marie Curie completes £30m buy-in with L&G in first 2021 deal
Marie Curie completes £30m buy-in with L&G in first 2021 deal

The Marie Curie defined benefit (DB) scheme has entered into a circa £30m full scheme buy-in agreement with Legal & General (L&G) Assurance Society.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 14 January 2021
Law Debenture agrees £20m acquisition of Eversheds Sutherland secretarial business
Law Debenture agrees £20m acquisition of Eversheds Sutherland secretarial business

Law Debenture has acquired the company secretarial business (CSS) of Konexo from Eversheds Sutherland for a cash payment of £20m.

  • Industry
  • 15 December 2020
BHS Senior Management Scheme completes PPF+ buy-in with L&G
BHS Senior Management Scheme completes PPF+ buy-in with L&G

The BHS Senior Management Scheme has agreed a £2.5m buy-in with Legal & General (L&G) Assurance Society, securing benefits outside of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 04 November 2020
UPDATED: DWP to mandate use of simpler annual statements for auto-enrolment DC schemes
UPDATED: DWP to mandate use of simpler annual statements for auto-enrolment DC schemes

The Department for Work and Pensions is to make it mandatory for auto-enrolment defined contribution (DC) schemes to use simpler annual statements.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 17 October 2020
Siemens completes £530m buy-in with L&G
Siemens completes £530m buy-in with L&G

The Siemens Benefits Scheme has agreed a £530m buy-in with Legal & General (L&G), insuring the benefits of more than 2,300 pensioner members.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 18 August 2020
ICI secures £70m of benefits in ninth buy-in with L&G
ICI secures £70m of benefits in ninth buy-in with L&G

The ICI Pension Fund has completed its ninth buy-in with Legal & General (L&G), insuring a further £70m of benefits and bringing total insured benefits with L&G to around £5.8bn.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 13 August 2020
LV= converts longevity swap into £800m buy-in with Phoenix Life
LV= converts longevity swap into £800m buy-in with Phoenix Life

The LV= Employee Pension Scheme has agreed a buy-in of around £800m with Phoenix Life after converting an existing longevity swap.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 28 July 2020
PLSA publishes template for DC chair's statements
PLSA publishes template for DC chair's statements

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has published a drafting template to help defined contribution (DC) scheme trustees produce their annual chair’s statements.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 28 May 2020
Simpler pension statements must be compulsory
Simpler pension statements must be compulsory

The government must now bow to pressure and allow providers to choose whether to send standardised, simpler pension statements, says Baroness Ros Altmann.

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  • 15 January 2020
DB trustees urged to engage with advisers to avoid 'reputational damage'
DB trustees urged to engage with advisers to avoid 'reputational damage'

Pension scheme trustees should actively engage financial advisers if members are looking to transfer out of their defined benefit arrangements and washing their hands of the process does not eliminate risk, a study has found.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 04 December 2019
DWP annual benefit statement consultation questions voluntary adoption
DWP annual benefit statement consultation questions voluntary adoption

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation setting out proposals for the adoption and launch of simpler annual benefit statements. Holly Roach reports

  • Admin / Technology
  • 18 November 2019
The Big Read: The inside story of the BHS schemes' journey to buyout
The Big Read: The inside story of the BHS schemes' journey to buyout

The story of BHS is one of both outrage and happy endings. James Phillips speaks to trustee chairman Chris Martin and his advisers about the scheme's endgame journey

  • Defined Benefit
  • 08 February 2019
What will no-deal Brexit mean for cross-border schemes?
What will no-deal Brexit mean for cross-border schemes?

The government's latest draft no-deal Brexit regulations outline the end of the cross-border regime, but offer no guarantee of protection for members. James Phillips reports.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 16 January 2019
Clara names suite of legal, actuarial and secretariat advisers
Clara names suite of legal, actuarial and secretariat advisers

Defined benefit (DB) consolidator Clara has named its four inaugural providers for legal, actuarial and secretariat advice.

  • Appointments
  • 08 November 2018
How involved should trustees get in DB transfers?
How involved should trustees get in DB transfers?

As the volume of transfer value requests grows, trustees must decide whether to take a minimalist or proactive approach with members. James Phillips explores the pros and cons.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 01 October 2018
Airways Pension Scheme lands £4.4bn pensioner buy-in with Legal and General
Airways Pension Scheme lands £4.4bn pensioner buy-in with Legal and General

The British Airways sponsored Airways Pension Scheme (APS) has completed a £4.4bn pensioner bulk annuity buy-in with Legal & General.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 13 September 2018
L&G conducts £300m longevity swap
L&G conducts £300m longevity swap

Legal & General (L&G) has entered the small scheme longevity insurance market after completing a £300m longevity swap with a pension fund.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 22 August 2018
New BHS scheme completes £800m buyout with PIC
New BHS scheme completes £800m buyout with PIC

Approximately 9,000 members who transferred to the BHS2 Pension Scheme last year have had their benefits fully insured through a buyout with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 13 August 2018
Scottish Widows completes its biggest ever buy-in with Littlewoods
Scottish Widows completes its biggest ever buy-in with Littlewoods

The trustees of the Littlewoods Pensions Scheme have agreed an £880m pensioner buy-in with Scottish Widows.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 31 May 2018
Why the Irish border really does matter for UK pension schemes
Why the Irish border really does matter for UK pension schemes

The Brexit deal on the Irish border is heavily vested in trade and security needs, but it also poses problems for cross-border scheme members, James Phillips writes.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 13 December 2017
Opperman: Pensions policies will not be de-railed by Brexit
Opperman: Pensions policies will not be de-railed by Brexit

The pensions and financial inclusion minister has rejected suggestions that the government is dominated by Brexit discussions and has no time to deal with pensions issues.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 07 December 2017
Employers face being sued if they take minimal approach to AE
Employers face being sued if they take minimal approach to AE

Employers which pay just lip service to their auto-enrolment (AE) duties risk being sued if members fail to receive good outcomes, according to Royal London and Eversheds Sutherland.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 13 November 2017
DC lessons from across the pond
DC lessons from across the pond

Steven Hull and Adam Cohen look at what the UK can learn from the US approach to defined contribution pensions

  • Defined Contribution
  • 03 August 2017
How the BA judgement could change the pensions landscape
How the BA judgement could change the pensions landscape

James Phillips explores how the upcoming judgement in the multi-stranded British Airways case could impact the sector

  • Law and Regulation
  • 12 April 2017
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