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      This concise half-day event will explore a variety of different issues affecting scheme managers, through a combination of informative presentations and interactive panel debates, including GMP equalisation, the pensions dashboard, the accuracy and quality of members data and the latest trends in scheme administration.

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      Defined Benefit Consolidation Conference

      Professional Pensions is hosting this concise digital event on the 25th March to provide a crucial update on where the current regulation stands on DB Consolidators, assess the different models available, what the expected funding levels are and the governance requirements. This event will be a combination of short presentations followed by live Q&A’s with our expert speakers allowing plenty of time to answer your questions.

      • Date: 25 Mar 2021
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      Sustainable Investment Festival 2021

      The Sustainable Investment Festival will run online from 22-24 June and will include thought-provoking presentations from renowned keynote speakers, innovative breakout events and sessions specifically tailored to meet the information needs of fund selectors, financial advisers, pension consultants, trustees and scheme managers.

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      The UK Pensions Awards – now in their 24th year – remain the industry's most prestigious accolades. They shine the light on excellence and recognise the advisers, providers and investment managers that offer the highest level of innovation, performance and service to occupational pension schemes and their members, and have done the most to improve this over the past year.

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      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).

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      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.

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Pension Schemes Bill gets final approval and waits for Royal Assent
Pension Schemes Bill gets final approval and waits for Royal Assent

The long-debated Pension Schemes Bill has received parliamentary approval, guaranteeing its place on the statute book.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 20 January 2021
Third way needed in DB funding code; 'Evolution not revolution' urged on covenant
Third way needed in DB funding code; 'Evolution not revolution' urged on covenant

Oversimplification must be avoided in The Pensions Regulator’s (TPR) proposed revision of the defined benefit (DB) scheme funding code, and a third way might be necessary, the industry has said.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 02 September 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Superfunds could complete multi-billion deals this year
EXCLUSIVE: Superfunds could complete multi-billion deals this year

Superfunds could be on course to complete multi-billion-pound transfers of defined benefit (DB) funds by the end of this year, Isio says.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 08 July 2020
Reaction: TPR superfund guidance welcomed against cautious backdrop
Reaction: TPR superfund guidance welcomed against cautious backdrop

Consultants, trade bodies, and professional societies across the pensions industry have responded relatively positively to guidance from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) that has today signalled a clear start for defined benefit (DB) scheme consolidation...

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 June 2020
Isio: One in five sponsors may end up suspending DRCs
Isio: One in five sponsors may end up suspending DRCs

Just over 10% of sponsors have requested the suspension of deficit reduction payments – a number that is likely to rise around 19% over the coming months.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 12 May 2020
Reaction: Annual funding statement retains pressure on trustees to secure cash
Reaction: Annual funding statement retains pressure on trustees to secure cash

The Pensions Regulator’s (TPR) annual funding statement aims to keep up pressure on schemes but tries to avoid putting undue strain on employers at a time of crisis, the industry says.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 30 April 2020
DB deficits 'could rise by £100bn' with new funding code, predicts KPMG
DB deficits 'could rise by £100bn' with new funding code, predicts KPMG

A revised funding code for defined benefit (DB) schemes could have a £100bn impact on pension schemes and employers when published, KPMG analysis has found.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 29 March 2019
Use of asset-backed arrangements spreads to smaller firms in £500m boom

Asset-backed funding arrangements became more prevalent in 2012 as a wider variety of companies used a greater array of assets to fund deficits, says KPMG.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 08 January 2013
DWP mulls unilateral DB powers for employers

Sponsoring employers could be given unilateral powers to amend defined benefit scheme rules without trustee consent to offset a £4.2bn spike in National Insurance costs.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 12 April 2012
GMP equalisation: Time 
to sit up and take notice

Grasping the nettle of guaranteed minimum pensions

  • Industry
  • 26 January 2012
Asset-backed contribution tax relief crackdown to net £2.6bn

The government will save more than £2.5bn through a clampdown on "complex asset- backed funding structures" that allow firms to over-claim tax relief, says George Osborne.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 01 December 2011
Asset backed contributions to top £10bn

Asset-backed pension scheme contributions could exceed £10bn in the next five years, latest research finds.

  • Industry
  • 24 October 2011
Pension Increase Exchange Offers - Five things pensioners need to know

Schemes conducting pension increase exchange exercises must provide personalised statements and a helpline to help members understand their choice, a consultant argues.

  • Risk Management
  • 17 October 2011
£70bn FTSE100 deficit can be cleared in three years

Pensions deficits have become more affordable to blue chip companies despite almost doubling in size this year to £70bn, research finds.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 27 September 2011
Comment: Remember the member in ETVs

Jenna Towler comments on the rise of the ETV

  • Defined Benefit
  • 17 August 2011
IASB publishes final IAS19 standard

The International Accounting Standards Board has published the final IAS19 standard, confirming key changes that could see £10bn wiped off UK company profits.

  • Industry
  • 16 June 2011
Indexation switch will cut liabilities by £60bn this year

The move to CPI for pension indexation will reduce defined benefit liabilities by about £60bn by the end of the year, KPMG says.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 March 2011
OTS urges Treasury to scrap contracting out relief for DB schemes

Tax relief on contracting out should be scrapped for all pension schemes by 2012, the Office of Tax Simplification recommends.

  • Legislation
  • 07 March 2011
CPI-linked pensioners face significant pot reduction in retirement

The ‘small print lottery' over RPI/CPI usage in company pension schemes means some pensioners will see their income reduced by 20% over 20 years, KPMG says.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 18 February 2011
Industry blasts RPI-CPI announcement

A large part of the industry has slammed the government's announcement preventing private sector schemes the power to override scheme rules enabling a shift from RPI to CPI indexation.

  • Legislation
  • 08 December 2010
Asset-backed funding surge set to continue

Trustees have been handed more than £4bn from scheme sponsors through asset-backed funding structures, research from KPMG reveals.

  • Industry
  • 20 September 2010
Ignorance is headline news

My first morning back at work following a two-week break in the sun started with a bump - with Radio 4 talking about three separate pensions stories.

  • Industry
  • 02 September 2010
FTSE100 firms plough £11bn into deficit repairs

More than a third of FTSE100 firms cannot plug their pension scheme deficits using current discretionary cash flow, KPMG warns.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 31 August 2010
Up to 80% of schemes affected by move to CPI

Majority of schemes polled claimed deferred members would be hit by move

  • Legislation
  • 15 July 2010
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