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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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      In this webinar, PP editor Jonathan Stapleton will be joined by BMO’s chief economist Steven Bell and director of fiduciary management, Christy Jesudasan, alongside PTL trustee director Melanie Cusack and Isio’s head of fiduciary management oversight Paula Champion to discuss the significant impact of these themes on the pensions sector.

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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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List: The biggest UK longevity swaps
List: The biggest UK longevity swaps

There have now been a total of 32 longevity swaps over £1bn publicly announced. The full list, provided by Willis Towers Watson and through PP research, is as follows...

  • Risk Reduction
  • 15 December 2020
PMI revamps board with four appointments
PMI revamps board with four appointments

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has appointed three non-executive directors and an executive director to its board.

  • Appointments
  • 25 November 2020
Baker Hughes agrees £100m buy-in with Just
Baker Hughes agrees £100m buy-in with Just

The Baker Hughes (UK) Pension Plan has secured approximately £100m of liabilities through a buy-in with Just Group.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 11 November 2020
Reckitt Benckiser completes £415m buy-in with Scottish Widows
Reckitt Benckiser completes £415m buy-in with Scottish Widows

The Reckitt Benckiser Pension Fund has secured a £415m buy-in with Scottish Widows, insuring the benefits of around half of pensioners.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 10 November 2020
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories included the Marks and Spencer Pension Scheme completing two buy-ins, while the Work and Pensions Committee submitted an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill.

  • Industry
  • 06 November 2020
BHS Senior Management Scheme completes PPF+ buy-in with L&G
BHS Senior Management Scheme completes PPF+ buy-in with L&G

The BHS Senior Management Scheme has agreed a £2.5m buy-in with Legal & General (L&G) Assurance Society, securing benefits outside of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

  • Risk Reduction
  • 04 November 2020
Exclusive: Trustees urged to 'refocus' their time to fix ESG crisis
Exclusive: Trustees urged to 'refocus' their time to fix ESG crisis

Trustees need to address two urgent priorities in order to “unlock real ESG action” in UK pensions, Willis Towers Watson says.

  • Investment
  • 03 November 2020
Willis Towers Watson launches diversity action plan; warns progress is 'disappointingly slow'
Willis Towers Watson launches diversity action plan; warns progress is 'disappointingly slow'

Willis Towers Watson has set out a diversity action plan for the investment industry after its research found progress on diversity is “disappointingly slow” across the entire sector.

  • Industry
  • 26 October 2020
Just one in six schemes report long-term covenant damage
Just one in six schemes report long-term covenant damage

Just one in six (16%) of schemes believe the Covid-19 pandemic has weakened their sponsor’s ability to support them in the long term, research by Willis Towers Watson finds.

  • Industry
  • 20 October 2020
Two in five schemes expect to transfer risk within three years, finds Willis Towers Watson
Two in five schemes expect to transfer risk within three years, finds Willis Towers Watson

Two in five UK defined benefit (DB) schemes expect to complete a bulk annuity or longevity swap transaction within the next three years, Willis Towers Watson research finds.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 14 October 2020
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories included the passing of the Pension Schemes Bill in the House of Commons at the second reading. Also, Willis Towers Watson claimed that collective defined contribution pensions could average significantly higher than either defined...

  • Industry
  • 09 October 2020
UK Pensions Awards 2020 - The Winners
UK Pensions Awards 2020 - The Winners

Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2020...

  • Industry
  • 07 October 2020
Asset managers warned measuring impact alone is not enough
Asset managers warned measuring impact alone is not enough

Institutional investors risk a disconnect between ambition and reality if they focus on measuring investment impact without explicitly linking it to value creation for stakeholders, The Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI) warns.

  • Industry
  • 06 October 2020
Mark Calnan: Looking to the horizon
Mark Calnan: Looking to the horizon

Jonathan Stapleton speaks to Willis Towers Watson EMEA head of investments Mark Calnan about how diversification, ESG and risk management remain key for schemes in aftermath of Covid-19

  • Investment
  • 01 October 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
Schemes in 'denial' over dependence on 'once-a-century' equity performance to close funding gaps
Schemes in 'denial' over dependence on 'once-a-century' equity performance to close funding gaps

Underfunded defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK are over-dependent on historically improbable equity returns, analysis by Willis Towers Watson reveals.

  • Investment
  • 14 September 2020
UK investment consultants form joint working group on sustainability
UK investment consultants form joint working group on sustainability

A dozen UK investment consulting firms have established a group aiming to improve sustainable investment practices across the investment industry.

  • Investment
  • 10 September 2020
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories included the launch of the #100blackinterns project, while the Siemens Benefits Scheme agreed a £530m buy-in with Legal & General.

  • Industry
  • 21 August 2020
The Covid-19 fallout for DB schemes, and how to deal with it
The Covid-19 fallout for DB schemes, and how to deal with it

Three investment professionals tell Professional Pensions how the pandemic has impacted scheme portfolios, what opportunities may arise post-pandemic, and the key lessons for trustees

  • Investment
  • 21 August 2020
L&G, Willis Towers Watson and USS unite behind black graduate intern programme
L&G, Willis Towers Watson and USS unite behind black graduate intern programme

More than 80 major fund management firms will come together to offer a range of investment internships to black graduates.

  • Industry
  • 17 August 2020
Littlewoods scheme completes £930m buy-in with Rothesay Life
Littlewoods scheme completes £930m buy-in with Rothesay Life

The Littlewoods Pensions Scheme has completed a buy-in covering just under £930m of around 6,500 members’ benefits with Rothesay Life, the majority of which relate to deferred members.

  • Risk Reduction
  • 12 August 2020
Master trust adoption set to accelerate among FTSE 250 companies
Master trust adoption set to accelerate among FTSE 250 companies

The number of FTSE 250 companies moving to a master trust is set to increase over the next two years, according to research by Willis Towers Watson (WTW).

  • Defined Contribution
  • 15 July 2020
Aon's Michael Clare: Moving towards a new better
Aon's Michael Clare: Moving towards a new better

Professional Pensions spoke to Aon EMEA head of retirement & investment Michael Clare 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
  • 06 July 2020
WTW: One-in-five schemes considering superfunds
WTW: One-in-five schemes considering superfunds

One-in-ten defined benefit (DB) schemes have already discussed the option of superfund consolidation as a target endgame while a further 9% are planning to do so shortly, according to Willis Towers Watson (WTW).

  • Defined Benefit
  • 01 July 2020
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