PPF levy
Defined Benefit
Here is a summary of the most important points in the Work and Pensions Committee's (WPC) report on governance of defined benefit (DB) schemes.
22 December 2016
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is working on plans to impose a levy on schemes that do not have a substantive sponsoring employer after a restructuring.
16 December 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has launched a consultation on changes to actuarial assumptions in valuations used in sponsor insolvencies and to determine risk-based levies.
16 September 2016
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The Pension Protection Fund has announced the changes it will consider making to the Experian insolvency model for the 2018/19 levy ahead of the formal consultation.
29 July 2016
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3 min read
Industry
This week we want to know if Theresa May's (pictured above) government is downgrading pensions and if capital adequacy requirements for master trusts could make them insolvent.
25 July 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
The likelihood of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) meeting its 2030 self-sufficiency target has risen to 93% in its 2015/16 report.
22 July 2016
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2 min read
Industry
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is considering tweaking its practices and procedures for levies, including improving its Experian model.
29 June 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The government's consultation on a plan to reduce members' benefits in the British Steel Pension Scheme has closed. Michael Klimes looks at the industry's responses
24 June 2016
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8 min read
Defined Benefit
Events this year have raised the issue of whether the industry and trustees should give earlier warnings to the regulator and PPF about issues with DB schemes. Kristian Brunt-Seymour looks at the options.
27 May 2016
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5 min read
Defined Benefit
Johnston Press has revealed how it cut its pension liabilities by £53m through a medically underwritten study to review assumed life expectancy of its members.
27 April 2016
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2 min read
