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      This webinar will bring together views from actuaries, lawyers, administrators, trustees and data experts to look at the pragmatic, collaborative solutions that are open to schemes to solve the GMP equalisation challenges in 2021. It will assess the individual challenges schemes face with equalisations and provide some practical options that are available to resolve these issues.

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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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Employee DC contributions drop by 11% amid pandemic pressures
Employee DC contributions drop by 11% amid pandemic pressures

Defined contribution (DC) contributions were scaled back by 11% in the second quarter of 2020 as the impact of the pandemic set in, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

  • Defined Contribution
  • 13 January 2021
CMI: Second wave excess deaths hit 5,000
CMI: Second wave excess deaths hit 5,000

Another week-on-week increase in the number of deaths with Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate has brought total excess deaths since the beginning of the second wave to 5,000.

  • Industry
  • 02 December 2020
Be ready for sponsor distress, TPR tells trustees in fresh guidance
Be ready for sponsor distress, TPR tells trustees in fresh guidance

Trustees must know the signs of sponsor distress and be prepared to act quickly as the “first line of defence” for savers, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 12 November 2020
CMI: Excess mortality continues as Covid-19 deaths rise
CMI: Excess mortality continues as Covid-19 deaths rise

All-cause mortality remains higher than levels observed last year with the number of weekly deaths related to Covid-19 surpassing 1,000.

  • Industry
  • 11 November 2020
CMI: Mortality remains in line with pre-pandemic trends
CMI: Mortality remains in line with pre-pandemic trends

Overall mortality remains in line with pre-coronavirus trends despite a recent increase in Covid-19 related deaths, according to the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI).

  • Industry
  • 22 October 2020
CMI: Q3 mortality in line with pre-coronavirus trends
CMI: Q3 mortality in line with pre-coronavirus trends

Despite year-to-date mortality rates sitting at their highest in 12 years, the level of deaths in the third quarter remained broadly the same as in 2019.

  • Industry
  • 07 October 2020
CMI: Aggregate excess deaths figure remains above 60,000
CMI: Aggregate excess deaths figure remains above 60,000

The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has labelled statistics which show two months of deaths below 2019 levels as “modest”, warning of high excess figures.

  • Industry
  • 19 August 2020
CMI: Sixth successive week of deaths below 2019 levels
CMI: Sixth successive week of deaths below 2019 levels

The latest update from the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) for week 30 of 2020 shows a sixth successive week of recovering death rates amid the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Industry
  • 05 August 2020
CMI: Deaths remain below 2019 levels
CMI: Deaths remain below 2019 levels

There were 7% less deaths registered in week 26 of 2020 than if death rates had been the same as week 26 in 2019, according to the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI).

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  • 08 July 2020
CMI: First death level dip below 2019 recorded
CMI: First death level dip below 2019 recorded

The Continuous Mortality Investigation’s (CMI) mortality monitor has recorded a lower number of week-on-week deaths comparative to 2019 for the first since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the UK.

  • Industry
  • 01 July 2020
CMI: 'Sustained' drop in excess deaths
CMI: 'Sustained' drop in excess deaths

There is a continued gradual decline in the number of excess weekly deaths in England and Wales three months into the Covid-19 lockdown, according to the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI).

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  • 10 June 2020
People reaching pension freedoms age to peak this year
People reaching pension freedoms age to peak this year

The number of people turning 55 and becoming eligible to use the pension freedoms will hit a peak of 941,000 this year, according to Aegon.

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  • 08 June 2020
CMI: Excess mortality rate drops to the lowest level since March
CMI: Excess mortality rate drops to the lowest level since March

The number of excess deaths for week 21 of the year have been very similar to the number of Covid-19 related deaths for the first time since March, according to the Continuous Mortality Index (CMI).

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  • 03 June 2020
XPS tracker: Covid-19 deaths may have reached 50,000
XPS tracker: Covid-19 deaths may have reached 50,000

A new tracker launched by XPS Pensions Group predicts Covid-19 related deaths for the UK are now at or close to 50,000.

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  • 01 June 2020
CMI update shows deaths still more than double expected figures
CMI update shows deaths still more than double expected figures

A total of 2.2 times the amount deaths were registered in England and Wales last week when compared to data from 2019, according to the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI).

  • Industry
  • 06 May 2020
Could coronavirus infect the Consumer Prices Index?
Could coronavirus infect the Consumer Prices Index?

Covid-19 has presented the ONS with significant problems calculating inflation during lockdown. Latest Institute for Fiscal Studies research examines the challenges faced.

  • Industry
  • 16 April 2020
The Treasury must make a quick decision on RPI
The Treasury must make a quick decision on RPI

With wider funding challenges and the need to play for the long-term, any change to inflation indexation must be swift and firm, says Sir Steve Webb.

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  • 04 March 2020
Private pension wealth grows by £2.5trn over ten years
Private pension wealth grows by £2.5trn over ten years

Private pension wealth has grown to £6.1trn in the last decade up from £3.6trn, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows.

  • Industry
  • 09 December 2019
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories include the approval of the settlement deal between British Airways and the trustees of the Airways Pension Scheme, and calculations that show pension schemes could save 20% if they move to a defined contribution master trust....

  • Industry
  • 15 November 2019
AE seven years on: Has it been a success story?
AE seven years on: Has it been a success story?

AE has successfully brought millions of people into pension savings. But, as Kim Kaveh writes, it is far from perfect.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 14 October 2019
Life expectancy grows but slowdown in improvements continues
Life expectancy grows but slowdown in improvements continues

British people born between 2016 and 2018 are expected to live up to 4.2 weeks longer than those born in the 2015-17 period, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 25 September 2019
Occupational scheme membership rises to 45.6 million people
Occupational scheme membership rises to 45.6 million people

Membership of occupational pension scheme membership has risen to a record high of 45.6 million people as of the end of last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

  • Industry
  • 20 June 2019
UK inflation remains below target at 1.9% in March
UK inflation remains below target at 1.9% in March

UK inflation unexpectedly remained below target for the third month in a row in March, as higher fuel prices were offset by the falling prices of food and computer games.

  • Investment
  • 17 April 2019
Occupational scheme membership rises three points over 2018, finds ONS
Occupational scheme membership rises three points over 2018, finds ONS

Nearly four in five UK employees are now members of an occupational pension scheme, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveals.

  • Industry
  • 12 April 2019
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