• Home
  • Admin/Tech
  • Benefits
  • Buzz
  • DB
  • DC
  • Diversity
  • Investment
  • Law & regulation
  • Risk reduction
  • Events
  • Whitepapers
  • Spotlights
  • Digital Edition
  • PPTV
  • Newsletters
  • Sign in
  •  
      • Newsletters
      • Account details
      • Contact support
      • Sign out
     
    •  

      You are currently accessing ProfessionalPensions via your Enterprise account.

      If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

      If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

      Phone: +44 (0) 1858 438800

      Email: [email protected]

      • Sign in
  • Follow us
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Newsletters
    • YouTube
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • Events
    • Upcoming events
      event logo
      Investment Conference

      This two part Investment Conference will bring you the latest updates from economists, asset managers and pension consultants. We will be taking a look at the outlook for the 2021 economy, alternatives, cashflow strategies and global equity markets to name a few, assessing how they fared through the volatility and what we can expect for the year ahead.

      • Date: 20 Jan 2021
      • Digital Conference
      event logo
      Webinar: Using passion for ESG to unleash member engagement

      This webinar will look at how pension schemes can harness their members’ interest in ESG to engage them more broadly with their pensions. In particular, it will look at exclusive research showing how members are reacting to ESG; their propensity to act versus their actual behaviour; and the expectations they have of providers in this regard.

      • Date: 26 Jan 2021
      • Webinar
      event logo
      Webinar: What to put on your GMP Equalisation project roadmap for 2021

      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.

      • Date: 02 Feb 2021
      • Webinar
      event logo
      Webinar: Will the world return to normal in 2021?

      In this webinar, PP editor Jonathan Stapleton will be joined by BMO’s chief economist Steven Bell and director of fiduciary management, Christy Jesudasan, alongside PTL trustee director Melanie Cusack and Isio’s head of fiduciary management oversight Paula Champion to discuss the significant impact of these themes on the pensions sector.

      • Date: 04 Feb 2021
      • Webinar
      View all events
      Follow our Professional Pension Events

      Sign up to receive email alerts about our events

      Sign up

  • Whitepapers
    • How DC schemes can gain exposure to different asset classes in a low-return environment

      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).

      Download
      Pension freedoms three years on

      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.

      Download
      Find whitepapers
      Search by title or subject area
      View all whitepapers
  • Spotlights
  • Digital Edition
Professional Pensions
Professional Pensions
  • Home
  • Admin/Tech
  • Benefits
  • Buzz
  • DB
  • DC
  • Diversity
  • Investment
  • Law & regulation
  • Risk reduction
 
    • Newsletters
    • Account details
    • Contact support
    • Sign out
 
  •  

    You are currently accessing ProfessionalPensions via your Enterprise account.

    If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

    If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

    Phone: +44 (0) 1858 438800

    Email: [email protected]

    • Sign in

FSD

ITV offers £31m to support Box Clever Pension Scheme
ITV offers £31m to support Box Clever Pension Scheme

ITV has submitted a £31m offer to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) for the Box Clever Pension Scheme after being forced to set out how it would financially support the scheme following a lengthy court process.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 07 August 2020
Extra employer rooted in botanical scheme following TPR intervention
Extra employer rooted in botanical scheme following TPR intervention

A second employer has been appointed to stabilise the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) pension scheme after intervention from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) when trustees failed to agree a valuation in 2015.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 05 August 2020
ITV given six month deadline for Box Clever funding plan
ITV given six month deadline for Box Clever funding plan

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has told ITV and four connected firms that they must deliver a future funding plan for the Box Clever Group Pension Scheme within six months.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 17 March 2020
Boris Johnson would be detrimental to pensions as PM, say Buzz peers
Boris Johnson would be detrimental to pensions as PM, say Buzz peers

Boris Johnson would be detrimental to pensions if he becomes prime minister later this month, a majority of Buzz respondents said.

  • Industry
  • 02 July 2019
The pension court cases to watch in 2019
The pension court cases to watch in 2019

A groundhog year kicks off as many of 2018's biggest court cases return on appeal. James Phillips rounds up what trustees should keep an eye on.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 05 March 2019
What the Box Clever judgment means for TPR's powers
What the Box Clever judgment means for TPR's powers

The Upper Tribunal has ruled in favour of TPR in its long-running dispute with ITV over the Box Clever pension scheme. James Phillips explores the impact of the judgment.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 29 May 2018
Day one: Pensions watchdog claims FSD against ITV is a 'barn door case'
Day one: Pensions watchdog claims FSD against ITV is a 'barn door case'

The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) attempt to impose a financial support direction (FSD) on ITV for the Box Clever Group Pension Scheme is a "barn door case", it has argued.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 30 January 2018
Why Box Clever case spells big test for TPR's powers
Why Box Clever case spells big test for TPR's powers

For the first time, TPR is testing its anti-avoidance powers in the courts in a bid to impose an FSD on ITV. James Phillips explores the implications.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 22 January 2018
Could Green's yachts be used in BHS settlement?
Could Green's yachts be used in BHS settlement?

The Pensions Regulator chief executive Lesley Titcomb was asked whether assets such as Sir Philip Green's yachts could be seized in an attempt to resolve the BHS Pension Scheme deficit. This is what she said…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 23 November 2016
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.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 13 October 2016
Coats agrees recovery plan as TPR investigation continues

Trustees of the Brunel pension fund have agreed a recovery plan with the scheme's sponsor, which is being investigated by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) over concerns about a corporate restructuring.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 November 2015
Supreme Court rejects ITV application for appeal over Box Clever

The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by ITV over whether The Pensions Regulator (TPR) could expand on its allegations against the media giant in the Box Clever case.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 04 August 2015
How UK trustees took a billion-pound battle across the Atlantic

The Nortel case has big repercussions for pensions in international insolvencies

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 May 2015
UPDATED: ITV attempt to take Box Clever case to Supreme Court rejected

ITV's application to take the ongoing Box Clever legal battle to the Supreme Court has been rebuffed by the Court of Appeal.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 27 March 2015
Court upholds ITV's appeal in Box Clever case

ITV Group has won its appeal against a legal decision refusing to strike out parts of the long-standing Box Clever Pension Scheme case.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 24 March 2015
Regulator hits Guinness Peat with warning notice over Coats scheme

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued a warning notice to Guinness Peat Group in an attempt to force it to pay more money into the Coats Pension Plan.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 23 December 2014
Canadian court rejects Nortel trustees' billion pound claim

A Canadian judge has rejected attempts by trustees of the Nortel pension scheme to claim more than £1bn from the scheme sponsor's insolvent parent company.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 10 December 2014
The Lehman settlement: A timeline

As the six-year saga is finally settled, we recap of how events unfolded

  • Law and Regulation
  • 21 August 2014
Lehman Brothers: Settling the saga

Natasha Browne examines whether this has set a precedent

  • Law and Regulation
  • 21 August 2014
Lehman Brothers FSD case settled

Members of the Lehman Brothers Pension Scheme will receive their benefits in full after a £184m settlement was reached in the six-year legal battle that followed the firm's bankruptcy.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 August 2014
TPR extends Guinness Peat warning notice deadline

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has given the trustees and sponsors of the Brunel and Staveley pension schemes an extra three months to respond to a warning notice issued last year.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 14 August 2014
Lawyers see TPR powers as "threat" to clients

Pensions and restructuring lawyers increasingly see the powers of The Pensions Regulator (TPR) as a hazard to scheme sponsors, according to research from PwC.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 27 June 2014
Watchdog issues warning notices against Guinness Peat

The Pensions Regulator has issued Guinness Peat Group (GPG) with warning notices in respect of two defined benefit (DB) within its business.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 23 December 2013
TPR 'may recover more than s75 debt from Lehman Brothers companies'

A judge has ruled The Pensions Regulator (TPR) may issue multiple contribution notices to Lehman Brothers companies that exceed the value of its scheme's section 75 (s75) debt.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 December 2013
12

Most read

Trustees will need to be corporate finance experts under new TPR powers
Trustees will need to be corporate finance experts under new TPR powers
Livingbridge sells Broadstone to Intermediate Capital Group
Livingbridge sells Broadstone to Intermediate Capital Group
LGPS to become negative cashflow 'by 2024'
LGPS to become negative cashflow 'by 2024'
Pension Schemes Bill set for final debate next week
Pension Schemes Bill set for final debate next week
Aegon commits to net-zero default funds by 2050
Aegon commits to net-zero default funds by 2050
Trustpilot

 

  • Contact Us
  • Marketing solutions
  • About Incisive Media
  • Terms and conditions
  • Policies
  • Careers
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters
  • YouTube

© Incisive Business Media (IP) Limited, Published by Incisive Business Media Limited, New London House, 172 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5QR, registered in England and Wales with company registration numbers 09177174 & 09178013

Digital publisher of the year
Digital publisher of the year 2010, 2013, 2016 & 2017
Loading