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Marks and Spencer

M&S completes £750m buy-ins with Aviva and Phoenix
M&S completes £750m buy-ins with Aviva and Phoenix

The Marks and Spencer (M&S) Pension Scheme has completed two buy-ins with Aviva and Phoenix, insuring a total of £750m of benefits.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 04 November 2020
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included The Pensions Regulator criticising Sir Philip Green's latest plans for the Arcadia pension schemes.

  • Industry
  • 24 May 2019
Law Debenture appoints trustee director
Law Debenture appoints trustee director

Brian Kilpatrick has been appointed as a trustee director at Law Debenture, in a bid to expand its trustee team.

  • Appointments
  • 24 July 2018
M&S completes buy-ins totalling £1.4bn with Aviva and Phoenix Group
M&S completes buy-ins totalling £1.4bn with Aviva and Phoenix Group

The Marks and Spencer (M&S) Pension Scheme has insured around 15% of its pensioner liabilities through two bulk annuity insurance policies with Aviva and Phoenix Group.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 17 May 2018
The financial risks schemes need to prepare for
The financial risks schemes need to prepare for

Various risks can have significant effects on DB scheme liabilities, but what should schemes prepare for? James Phillips reports on four investors' views on the biggest looming risks.

  • Investment
  • 16 March 2018
M&S confirms DB will close to future accrual
M&S confirms DB will close to future accrual

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has confirmed it will close its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual in April 2017, following a three month consultation.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 02 September 2016
Just 5% of FTSE 250 firms still run large DB schemes
Just 5% of FTSE 250 firms still run large DB schemes

Only 11 companies in the FTSE 250 provide defined benefit (DB) pensions for a significant number of employees, according to JLT Employee Benefits.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 31 August 2016
What were the top five pension stories this week?
What were the top five pension stories this week?

The top stories this week were a decision from the Ombudsman, trustees at BHS and M&S announcing proposals to close its DB scheme to future accrual

  • Industry
  • 27 May 2016
M&S reveals plans to close DB to future accrual
M&S reveals plans to close DB to future accrual

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has announced proposals to close its UK defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual as it sets out a turnaround plan for the business.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 25 May 2016
M&S agrees with trustees to raise DB contributions for future service
M&S agrees with trustees to raise DB contributions for future service

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.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 12 February 2016
Stranded carbon, productivity & working conditions 'pose significant financial risks'

Stranded carbon assets, poor staff management and concerns over working conditions pose significant financial risks to companies, Standard Life Investments (SLI) warns.

  • Investment
  • 30 January 2014
Desmond & Sons application for TPR judicial review thrown out

The High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland has thrown out an application for judicial review of The Pensions Regulator (TPR) brought by the directors of Desmond & Sons.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 June 2013
Loan notes find favour as asset-backed funding

Loan notes are becoming popular in asset-backed funding as pension schemes and sponsors increasingly use special purpose vehicles (SPVs) to reduce scheme deficits, lawyers say.

  • Investment
  • 23 May 2013
The master trust plan

PP Scheme Excellence interviews: Jonathan Stapleton talks to Marks & Spencer’s Julie Parker-Welch about its AE master trust

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  • 04 March 2013
Counsell interview: auto-enrolment compliance

Hannah Brenton meets Charles Counsell, the regulator charged with keeping employers in line with auto-enrolment.

  • Industry
  • 01 March 2012
Auto-enrolment brings new focus for trustees

Andrew Short explains what trustees will have to concentrate on to manage auto-enrolment.

  • Regulation
  • 19 January 2012
AE admin nightmare
for large employers

Administering auto-enrolment is an "absolute nightmare" for large employers, according to Marks & Spencer.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 01 December 2011
Round up - 5 September

Retailers watch M&S's plans for auto enrolment; ‘Wait till you are 35 to save'; Young workers are the losers in pensions politics; Do advisers put commission before clients?; Directors' pay: shareholders suffer while fat cats grab the cream; New company...

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  • 05 September 2011

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