Inflation

Schemes need to be wary of future deflationary pressures when managing liability risks, LCP says.

Government is contemplating legislative action to loosen strict rules preventing more than half of schemes switching from RPI to CPI inflation increases, PP can reveal.

Member benefits will be compromised if the Consumer Prices Index is used instead of Retail Prices Index to measure price inflation, MetLife Assurance says.

Government proposals to link increases in public service pensions to the CPI will force thousands of couples to delay divorce proceedings, an actuary warns.

FTSE100 companies' median liabilities jumped about 20% last year due to changes in accounting assumptions, Mercer research reveals.

The consumer price index of inflation eased in May to 3.4%, down from 3.7% in April, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Accounting surveys by KPMG and Hymans Robertson - both published last week - found increases in inflation assumptions have increased markedly but are still failing to keep pace with market assumptions.

Toby Nangle questions the Treasury's policy of holding back supply of inflation-linked gilts

Sponsors of UK defined benefit schemes have made more progress in reducing risk than their counterparts in the US and Canada, a consultant says.

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the causes of the current rise in inflation and asks how long it might be expected to continue and what trustees can do to protect their funds from the extra liability.