Risk Reduction

Schemes are continuing to focus on equity performance risk despite reducing allocations to this class, research finds.

Barnett Waddingham has been chosen by investment bank UBS to provide administration and actuarial oversight services for its longevity swaps service.

Pension Corporation co-head of business origination David Collinson talks through the barriers to completing a buyout and how schemes can overcome them.

PwC has expanded its pensions practice with the appointment of a partner and four additional senior hires.

Longevity risk fears are spiking for defined benefit pension schemes, as surging life expectancy puts pressure on scheme funding strategies, a survey shows.

Listen to our latest Pensions Conjecture debate on Risk Reduction.

Funding deficits and employer covenant have leapt to the top of the list of trustee's concerns this year, research shows.

Longevity risk the financial risk caused by scheme members living longer than anticipated has received much press over the past few years, causing trustees and sponsors of defined benefit schemes to perceive it as an acute concern.

Wincanton's pension scheme has reduced its equity holding after strong asset performance cut £60m from its deficit, triggering a de-risking exercise.

Funding deficits have become the biggest risk factor worrying trustees and sponsors of defined benefit schemes over the past year, according to a study.