News
Industry
The majority of Pensions Buzz respondents said directors who avoid obligations should be penalised.
03 September 2018
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5 min read
Risk Reduction
Turnaround company Melrose Industries is seeking to insure the benefits of one of the GKN pension schemes it took on when acquiring the aerospace business earlier this year, according to reports.
03 September 2018
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
The UK's 100 largest listed companies saw their combined defined benefit (DB) funding level fall by 80 basis points during August, according to JLT Employee Benefits.
03 September 2018
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2 min read
Law and Regulation
The government's National Fraud Initiative (NFI) has saved £144.8m over the past two years by helping detect and prevent occupational pension fraud and overpayments.
31 August 2018
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2 min read
Industry
This week's top stories included The Pensions Regulator writing to 14 pension schemes, questioning the values they were giving to members seeking to transfer out.
31 August 2018
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Whitbread has pledged to use proceeds from its proposed £3.9bn sale of Costa Coffee to Coca-Cola to make an additional contribution to its defined benefit (DB) scheme.
31 August 2018
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2 min read
Law and Regulation
Veteran parliamentarian Frank Field has resigned the Labour whip to serve as an independent Labour MP, sparking uncertainty over his role as chair of the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC).
30 August 2018
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3 min read
Risk Reduction
The £800m Hays Pension Scheme has completed a £270.6m buy-in with Canada Life, insuring all future benefits for pensioner members.
30 August 2018
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1 min read
Law and Regulation
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) was made aware of 1,139 notifiable events from defined benefit (DB) schemes in the 2017/18 financial year, up 28% from 2016/17.
30 August 2018
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2 min read
