gilt yields
Defined Benefit
Total funding levels of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 have continued to fall against a backdrop of market volatility and falling gilt yields.
08 March 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Bulk annuity business in 2016 will outstrip last year's levels despite a slow start due to the introduction of Solvency II, according to Willis Towers Watson.
07 March 2016
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2 min read
Investment
Barbara Saunders takes a look at how schemes should deal with a recent widening of the gilt/swap spread.
03 March 2016
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4 min read
Risk Management
There would be little to gain from Britain leaving the EU, according to a paper from BlackRock Investment Institute (BII).
03 March 2016
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2 min read
Risk Management
Interest rate and inflation hedging levels rose during the last quarter of 2015 according to BMO Global Asset Management's Liability Driven Investment (LDI) survey.
01 March 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
As the EU referendum looms closer it is entirely possible the UK could end up leaving Europe. Kristian Brunt-Seymour finds a Brexit could be both good and bad for pensions.
26 February 2016
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
Marks and Spencer has reached an agreement with the trustees of its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme to increase annual cash contributions for future service by £15m.
12 February 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Total deficits of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 increased by more than a third over last month against a backdrop of falling gilt yields.
09 February 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Transfer values have recovered from a sharp fall at the end of last year on the back of falling gilt yields, according to Xafinity.
09 February 2016
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1 min read
Investment
While many hope a Brexit can be avoided the result is currently too close to call. Helen Morrissey looks at the potential impact of a decision to leave the EU.
08 February 2016
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5 min read
