Defined benefit – Page 27
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UK roundup: Aon on dwindling DB actuarial valuations
Plus: Barnett Waddingham on inflation and Mercer’s Financial Wellbeing hub
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Tesco to make £2.5bn pension deficit plugging contribution
This and other measures also expected to reduce prospect of making further deficit contributions
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Coronavirus – what should trustees be thinking about?
Trustees have a duty to pay benefits to members, but the current financial environment is keeping them on their toes.
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UK regulator clears path for three-month deficit payment freeze
TPR seen making ‘bold’ move with allowances in updated COVID-19 guidance
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TPR sets out key principles for DB trustees on deficit contribution deferrals
DB trustees need to make sure other stakeholders play their part
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UK roundup: Airline trustees assess scheme following Flybe collapse
Plus: Scottish scheme launches ESG ezine for members
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UK pensions regulator opens major DB funding consultation
New framework aims to set clearer standards and prevent misuse of flexible scheme-specific regime
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Former KPMG pensions advisory unit spun out as Isio
CEO sees increased demand for bespoke solutions
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: DB funding regime change
What might the UK Pension Schemes Bill and upcoming changes to the funding regime mean for managing DB schemes?
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Consultants give cautious welcome to HMRC’s guidance on GMP
Any increase resulting from GMP equalisation ‘is not a new entitlement’
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IASB gives go-ahead to hybrid schemes’ potential accounting solution
The board is currently working on a model dubbed the ‘capped ultimate costs adjustment approach’
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Irish regulator announces pension scheme engagement programme
It will help the regulator assess a scheme’s governance standards and how these may affect good member outcomes
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Co-op pension scheme insures more liabilities as PIC deal disclosed
Deal mirrors that of de-risking transaction with Aviva announced last month
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ICT scheme to place pension rights with PNO, De Nationale APF
De Nationale APF will see a transfer worth €436m, PNO Media will get €29m
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‘Fresh thinking in pensions’ leads to new worldwide analytics tool
A new digital platform has been developed to provide visualisation of how assets and costs are distributed across countries and schemes
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More university strikes planned as USS talks fail to win over union
UCU wants employers to contribute more to rising pension costs
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UK actuarial body to dig into ‘the great risk transfer’
Campaign to investigate drivers and implications of transfer of financial risk from institutions to individuals
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Mercer rolls out AI tool for DB pension funds
Tool aims to help schemes and sponsors better manage risk through planning member options projects
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UK lifeboat fund sees investment risk, underfunding ‘strongly linked’
Significant number of schemes still in deficit
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Premium pension reform’s tracker bias is unjustified, says Swedish funds lobby
Investment fund association says procurement format favours capacity criteria