M&A
Five stories you might have missed: Master trusts; Mega buy-in; Mind-blowing complexity
Top stories this week included TPR getting tough on master trusts, a £1.6bn de-risking deal, and fiendishly complicated plans to simplify the state pension. Here's what you might have missed.
How Aga's sale will affect its pension scheme
The planned sale of Aga has been dubbed a win for the trustees of its deficit-ridden DB scheme but Stephanie Baxter finds this is just the start of the journey.
Trustees need more power in the takeover jungle
Mergers and acquisitions sit at the aggressive end of the financial jungle: the sums are larger, the strategies rougher, the payoffs higher.
Early retirement TUPE ruling will complicate M&As - Mercer
A recent ruling classing early retirement benefits as the responsibility of the acquiring company in an asset deal will add "cost and uncertainty" to mergers and acquisitions, Mercer says.
Pension funds keep Canadian M&A activity afloat
CANADA - Canadian pension funds kept mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the country afloat in the third quarter, according to PwC.
Sponsored Property Panel: Central London stays on target
This month the panellists discuss the quality and quantity of stock we can expect banks to bring to market, yield compression in secondary properties, REITs, and the progression of ESG policies