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DB funding - December 2020: Deficit up £76bn over 2020, says PPF
DB funding - December 2020: Deficit up £76bn over 2020, says PPF

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the December 2020 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 12 January 2021
DB funding - November 2020: Deficit plummets by £47bn in positive month for markets
DB funding - November 2020: Deficit plummets by £47bn in positive month for markets

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the November 2020 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 08 December 2020
Take fresh look at longevity assumptions as £130bn 'tied up' from optimism, PwC urges
Take fresh look at longevity assumptions as £130bn 'tied up' from optimism, PwC urges

More than £130bn of company funds are tied up in pension schemes specifically due to lower than expected levels of life expectancy improvements over the last decade, according to PwC.

  • Industry
  • 24 November 2020
DB funding - October 2020: Small rise in PPF 7800 deficit as second Covid-19 wave sets in
DB funding - October 2020: Small rise in PPF 7800 deficit as second Covid-19 wave sets in

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the October 2020 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 10 November 2020
PwC: Creating an inclusive workplace culture

PwC senior associate Fan Jia won the Trainee of the Year accolade at this year's PP Rising Star Awards. In this article, Professional Pensions speaks to Fan and PwC partner Victoria Tillbrook about the award.

  • Industry
  • 02 November 2020
DB funding - September 2020: PPF 7800 records £26bn deficit increase
DB funding - September 2020: PPF 7800 records £26bn deficit increase

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the September 2020 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 13 October 2020
PP Rising Star Awards - The Winners
PP Rising Star Awards - The Winners

Here they are – the winners of the second annual Professional Pensions Rising Star Awards...

  • Industry
  • 24 September 2020
Big Four accounting firms reveal ESG reporting standards
Big Four accounting firms reveal ESG reporting standards

Leaders of the Big Four accounting firms have joined forces to unveil a reporting framework for ESG standards.

  • Industry
  • 23 September 2020
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories include findings from PwC that pensions schemes have been “shoehorned” into valuing liabilities against gilts, while Mercer launched a defined benefit master trust.

  • Industry
  • 18 September 2020
Ditch gilts-based valuations to generate £40bn of value, TPR urged
Ditch gilts-based valuations to generate £40bn of value, TPR urged

Pension schemes have been “shoehorned” into valuing liabilities against gilts, creating a “herd mentality” that does not reflect scheme funding accurately, says PwC.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 17 September 2020
DB funding - August 2020: Strong markets return £59bn deficit reduction
DB funding - August 2020: Strong markets return £59bn deficit reduction

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the August 2020 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 08 September 2020
DB funding - July 2020: PPF 7800 deficit grows another 14%
DB funding - July 2020: PPF 7800 deficit grows another 14%

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the July 2020 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 11 August 2020
PwC's Jeremy May: Taking pensions out of the political agenda
PwC's Jeremy May: Taking pensions out of the political agenda

Professional Pensions spoke to PwC partner and UK pensions leader Jeremy May as part of an exclusive series of interviews with the leaders of some of the UK’s leading pension consulting firms. This is what he had to say…

  • Industry
  • 10 August 2020
UPDATED: The UK's biggest pension consulting firms by revenue
UPDATED: The UK's biggest pension consulting firms by revenue

PP has analysed the accounts of the biggest pension consulting firms and recorded the turnover (revenue) in their most recent accounts. The full leaderboard is below…

  • Industry
  • 25 June 2020
DB funding - May 2020: PPF 7800 deficit surges by 37%
DB funding - May 2020: PPF 7800 deficit surges by 37%

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the May 2020 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 09 June 2020
The changing ways of hedging longevity risk
The changing ways of hedging longevity risk

Nikhil Patel looks at how schemes have hedged longevity over the last decade, and how this will develop in the future.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 09 June 2020
DB funding - April 2020: Deficit falls by £7bn, says PPF
DB funding - April 2020: Deficit falls by £7bn, says PPF

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the April 2020 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 12 May 2020
Smurfit Kappa UK Pension Fund completes £1.2bn fiduciary and LDI deal with R&M
Smurfit Kappa UK Pension Fund completes £1.2bn fiduciary and LDI deal with R&M

The Smurfit Kappa UK Pension Fund is set to complete the transition and onboarding of £1.16bn of mandates to River and Mercantile Group following a full market retendering process.

  • Investment
  • 14 April 2020
DB funding - March 2020: 114 schemes fall into deficit in March, says PPF
DB funding - March 2020: 114 schemes fall into deficit in March, says PPF

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the March 2020 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 14 April 2020
TPR opens 'robust and lengthy debate' on future of DB funding
TPR opens 'robust and lengthy debate' on future of DB funding

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has set out plans for twin-track defined benefit (DB) funding rules mixing clearer regulatory expectations with scheme-specific flexibility.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 03 March 2020
DB funding - February 2020: PPF 7800 deficit climbs 67% as coronavirus hits markets
DB funding - February 2020: PPF 7800 deficit climbs 67% as coronavirus hits markets

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the February 2020 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 04 February 2020
DB funding - December 2019: Deficit halves as equities and gilts rally, says PPF
DB funding - December 2019: Deficit halves as equities and gilts rally, says PPF

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the December 2019 estimates on the various measures…

  • Defined Benefit
  • 14 January 2020
Pension funding levels on the up
Pension funding levels on the up

Pensions schemes are better funded now than this time last year, according to PwC’s annual Pension Scheme Funding Survey.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 09 December 2019
How wearables will disrupt life expectancy
How wearables will disrupt life expectancy

There are a wide range of possible life expectancy disruptors. PwC's Paul Kitson looks at how one of these, wearables, could impact schemes.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 19 November 2019
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