Funding – Page 28
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Dutch pensions watchdog to relax supervisory activities
Year-end funding figures will be crucial for rights cuts
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NewsDutch pension funds receive billions as additional collateral
Pension funds can use part of it to rebalance their investment portfolios
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USS breaches funding measure amid COVID-19 turmoil
Trustee board needs to consider circumstances and any appropriate action
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NewsConsultants call for TPR 'clarity', 'pragmatism' given virus impacts
Estimated £40bn increase in FTSE 350 scheme deficits so far in Q1
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LD expects no voluntary inflows to holiday fund, given virus crisis
Calls for emergency release of frozen allowances are wide of the mark, says fund
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Dutch scheme eyes helping ailing travel sector
Reiswerk has been asked to defer premium payments
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NewsDanish FSA ramps up pension fund reporting
Finanstilsynet asks funds to report worst-case solvency scenarios amid falling share prices
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NewsDutch schemes' funding ratios drop to credit crunch levels
Large schemes will come close to the critical floor of the 90% funding level
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NewsKempen: Tail risks more likely to occur for pension funds
Extreme scenarios tend to be largely ignored by pension fund boards
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NewsAustralia’s Hostplus plans 40% admin fee cuts
Pension fee to drop to A$4.50 per week from April 1 from the current A$7.50
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NewsUK publishes RPI reform consultation as part of Budget
RPI runs at about one percentage point higher than CPI, currently at 2.7%, compared with 1.8% for CPI
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USS gets ball rolling on 2020 valuation
Scheme explains its thinking about potential changes to sponsoring employers
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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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Dutch pensions’ funding ratios plunge further as COVID-19 fears spread
The long-term economic impact of the coronavirus is more important than current market valuations
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NewsUK 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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Country ReportNetherlands: Funds delay trouble
Crucial decisions loom for Dutch pension funds as low rates bite hard
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Lower rates, deeper holes
Something unprecendented happened in the US in the first weeks of January when the Milliman 100 PFI discount rate fell 35bps to a 20-year low of 2.85% “It was a very poor month for defined benefit (DB) plans, not a good start of the year and it dug an even deeper hole in their financial situation,” points out Zorast Wadia, principal, consulting actuary at Milliman. He is also author of the Milliman 100 pension funding index (PFI), an annual study of the 100 largest DB pension plans sponsored by US public companies.
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Country ReportNetherlands: A sector holding its collective breath
A tripartite steering group involving experts, stakeholders and government is trying to come up with a new concept for pension plans
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: DB funding regime change
What might the UK Pension Schemes Bill and upcoming changes to the funding regime mean for managing DB schemes?
