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Pension surplus

Aon: UK pension schemes face new challenges when fully funded
Aon: UK pension schemes face new challenges when fully funded

Defined benefit (DB) schemes are facing fresh challenges around dividends and de-risking as they reach fully-funded status, according to Aon.

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Let's make discretionary increases fashionable again
Let's make discretionary increases fashionable again

Hilary Salt asks if it is legitimate for trustees who have a fiduciary duty to members to assume that surplus should only be spent on locking in to lower returns

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  • 04 February 2019
PPF: DB schemes edge into surplus for first time since 2011
PPF: DB schemes edge into surplus for first time since 2011

Defined benefit (DB) schemes ended November in an aggregate surplus position for the first time since 2011, according to Pension Protection Fund (PPF) figures.

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  • 11 December 2018
Santander's pension surplus increases fourfold over first half of 2018
Santander's pension surplus increases fourfold over first half of 2018

The overall surplus of Santander's defined benefit (DB) pension scheme has risen by £595m to almost £800m since the end of 2017.

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  • 13 August 2018
600 Group enters £201m buyout with PIC
600 Group enters £201m buyout with PIC

Trustees of the 600 Group's defined benefit (DB) pension scheme have agreed to a £201m buyout with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).

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  • 17 July 2018
Over half of charity DB schemes now closed to future accrual
Over half of charity DB schemes now closed to future accrual

Some 58% of UK charities have closed their defined benefit (DB) schemes to future accrual, Hymans Robertson research reveals.

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  • 06 June 2018
Royal Mail pension accounting surplus grows £400m ahead of closure
Royal Mail pension accounting surplus grows £400m ahead of closure

The combined accounting surplus of Royal Mail's two defined benefit (DB) pension plans grew by 12% in the year to 26 March 2017, the company's annual report has revealed.

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  • 18 May 2017
No 'doom and gloom' for DB schemes as surplus grows, FAB index shows
No 'doom and gloom' for DB schemes as surplus grows, FAB index shows

Defined benefit (DB) schemes increased their surplus over February when using realistic investment return assumptions, according to First Actuarial.

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  • 21 March 2017
DB surplus falls 15% in October under 'more realistic' discount rate
DB surplus falls 15% in October under 'more realistic' discount rate

The UK's 5,945 defined benefit (DB) schemes had a £306bn surplus under realistic investment return assumptions by the end of October, according to First Actuarial.

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