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British Steel Pension Scheme moves step closer to RAA after terms agreed
British Steel Pension Scheme moves step closer to RAA after terms agreed

Tata Steel has agreed the "key commercial terms" of a regulated apportionment arrangement with the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) in a deal that could be worth in excess of £550m.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 16 May 2017
TPR flexes anti-avoidance muscles to protect benefits
TPR flexes anti-avoidance muscles to protect benefits

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has used its anti-avoidance powers to ensure members of a defined benefit (DB) scheme receive their full benefits.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 October 2016
Can British Steel pensions be saved without cuts?
Can British Steel pensions be saved without cuts?

Financier Edmund Truell believes he can protect British Steel benefits. Michael Klimes examines the details

  • Defined Benefit
  • 15 July 2016
Should trustees have more powers to hold sponsors to account?
Should trustees have more powers to hold sponsors to account?

The BHS case has raised questions about the powers of trustees to hold sponsors to account. Michael Klimes looks at whether they should have more control

  • Defined Benefit
  • 27 May 2016
DB liabilities could change by £70bn due to Brexit
DB liabilities could change by £70bn due to Brexit

A shift in longer dated gilt yields of 0.3% triggered by a Brexit could change defined benefit (DB) liabilities by £70bn according to the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP).

  • Defined Benefit
  • 17 May 2016
PPF is most likely route for British Steel scheme
PPF is most likely route for British Steel scheme

A majority of respondents believe the British Steel Pension Scheme will end up going into the lifeboat fund.

  • Industry
  • 14 April 2016
DB schemes are 'too defensive' and should 're-risk into equities'
DB schemes are 'too defensive' and should 're-risk into equities'

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes should move away from index-linked gilts and increase exposure to risk assets in order to plug deficits, according to research by Fathom Consulting.

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  • 27 January 2016
JLT Employee Benefits appoints executive director to support expansion

Martin Boniface has been made executive director at JLT Employee Benefits and will be responsible for running the trustee and corporate consulting arm of the business.

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  • 07 December 2015
Lincoln Pensions expands with appointment of associate director

Hamish Reeves has been made an associate director at Lincoln Pensions

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Cardano expands team with client director hire

Tony Baily has been appointed client director by Cardano and joins from Aon Hewitt where he was a partner.

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  • 22 September 2015
PwC grows employer covenant practice in north England

James Chalk has been hired by PwC as it expands its pensions employer covenant business in north England centred on Leeds and Manchester.

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  • 22 September 2015
Trustees call the shots at DB schemes says industry

Pensions Buzz: sponsors can't push trustees around

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  • 13 August 2015
The four eurozone risks trustees should watch out for

A checklist for trustees and sponsors

  • Investment
  • 21 August 2012
FTSE350 firms failing to hedge scheme liabilities

Employers are failing to fully hedge their liabilities after a study revealed half of the FTSE350 still had a proportion of their market capitalisation valuation un-hedged.

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  • 26 October 2011
Ilford Pension Scheme completes PPF entry

The scheme at the heart of a legal dispute between trustees and the Pension Protection Fund has finally completed its transfer to the lifeboat fund one year after it went into liquidation.

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  • 24 October 2011
TPR recognises risk of 'mixing' data

The Pensions Regulator has urged trustees to ensure schemes are compliant with data protection principles after concerns were raised over ‘mixing' scheme and sponsor data.

  • Regulation
  • 10 June 2011
OECD: Countercyclical policies needed to prevent DB closures

Regulators should promote countercyclical funding policies, like providing better tax ceilings for over-funded schemes, in order to support the continuation of defined benefit plans, the OECD said.

  • Regulation
  • 22 July 2010

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