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Country ReportUK roundup: Agreement struck on USS valuations; UK approaching peak LDI
Plus: UK approaching ‘peak LDI’; Xafinity Punter Southall calls for legal separation of consultants and fiduciary managers
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NewsOrtec Finance advocates factor-based approach to asset-liability management
Carry, value, momentum and low volatility factors can be implemented strategically as well as tactically, consultant argues
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Switzerland confirms CHF320m backstop for public sector fund
Federal government liable for payment in the event of underfunding at pension fund for federal employees
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Tesco halves pension deficit through accounting change
£3bn wiped off DB scheme shortfall after an update to its discount rate model
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NewsUK roundup: Lowest-paid workers ‘missing out’ on pension tax relief
Plus: Pension freedoms three years on; Teachers’ Pension Scheme benefit changes; DB deficit latest
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Netherlands roundup: Political youth branches push for reform proposals
Also: Women’s group backs legislation for diversity; unions on collision course with AkzoNobel over pension top-up
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NewsUK’s biggest union fights DB closures at water and car companies
Anglian Water, United Utilities, Bentley all considering changes to pension arrangements
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Dutch retailer’s scheme boosts funding despite hedging loss
Allocations to alternatives and emerging market debt brought in returns of more than 18% each
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UK regulator turns up the heat on sponsoring employers
Dividend payments and Brexit must feed into valuation and contribution discussions, TPR says
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Iberian roundup: Portuguese funds boosted by government bond gains
Plus: Grupo Catalana Occidente creates pension fund manager
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Looming trade war fears ‘hurt Dutch scheme funding levels’
Funding fell by at least 2% on average in March, according to Mercer and Aon Hewitt estimates
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UK roundup: BA scheme closure to save company £80m a year
Plus: Recruitment firm charged by regulator; new British Steel scheme opens for business
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University staff to vote on future of USS next week
Latest proposal marks the second attempt to break negotiation deadlock and end industrial action
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One year to go: Brexit’s impact in four charts
12 months away from Brexit, IPE looks at what the decision to leave the EU has – and hasn’t – done for the pensions and investment sectors
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Nortel’s UK scheme to exit PPF after £550m asset recovery [updated]
UK scheme planning for insurance buyout after decade-long legal battle to secure assets
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GKN pension scheme trustees strike deal with Melrose
Trustees satisfied ‘firm commitments’ of support in place regardless of outcome to battle
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Dutch funding framework ‘has met most targets’, says minister
Wouter Koolmees says pension industry has reacted positively to funding rules introduced in 2015
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NewsNorit pension fund to join agricultural sector scheme to avoid cuts
Earlier effort to join multi-sector scheme PGB failed because of high costs
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Unions pull representatives from Dutch scheme’s oversight board
Board of dental technicians’ sector scheme refuses to work with current accountability body
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Ex-PPF chief Rubenstein to lead DB consolidator ‘superfund’
Edi Truell also backs new vehicle in wake of government support for consolidation
