Funding – Page 54
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NewsUK government sets out scope for DB reform
Government consultation suggests changes to indexation among range of options for UK system
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Switzerland: SBA calls for investment guidelines rejig to boost alternatives
Asset class categorisation must be changed to help facilitate bigger allocations to alternatives
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NewsAMF CIO warns to prepare for lower-return environment
Swedish occupational scheme sees 2016 return rise to 7.3% from 5.3%
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UK roundup: British Steel, state pension age, Pensions Regulator [updated]
Unions accept closure of British Steel scheme, while post-Brexit fall in immigration could require higher state pension age
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Alecta's return, solvency level fall year-on-year
Swedish occupational pension giant “proud of long-term return”
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Joseph Mariathasan: The implications of DB transfers
Some UK funds are quoting generous transfer values. But is leaving a DB scheme the best option?
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European firms pay more into UK DB schemes
Listed companies on the continent paid more per employee into UK-based schemes than British firms
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Federation calls for legal changes to improve net pension plan
‘Currently, participants could lose out up to 30% of their paid-in premiums’
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UK roundup: Land Securities, Nottinghamshire, regulatory 'excess', discount rate 'quandary'
Nottinghamshire Pension Fund awards fixed income mandate with view to faciliating infrastructure investment plan
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Dutch transport scheme posts 12.7% profit [updated]
Vervoer’s gain is the best of the large schemes to have reported so far
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AnalysisAnalysis: UK targets radical aid for ‘just about managing’ schemes
Funds struggling to close deficits will require unprecedented actions from industry and government
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Asset Class ReportsUK roundup: Smiths Group, PIC, USS, National Audit Office
Tech giant continues tranche-based de-risking; £711m paid to police and firemen after pension errors
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Philips and KLM schemes achieve 10% gains in 2016
Philips scheme and KLM’s cabin staff pension fund record double-figure returns despite difficult Q4
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Swiss pension fund association refuses to back benefit ‘adjustments’
Association director says the question of benefit cuts has to be decided at the political level
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UK: Deficits mean trustees ‘losing focus on paying pensions’
Hymans Robertson says changes in cash-flow position have passed many trustees by
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German discount rate disparity seen as ‘unconstitutional’
Mercer says unchanged discount rate for tax purposes is a barrier to expansion of occupational pension provision
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Time to address DB’s drag on DC, consultant urges
JLT pitches its defined benefit manifesto as UK government prepares reform plans
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NewsUK roundup: PwC, IFoA, nuclear sector pensions
PwC says trustees of UK DB schemes may be being ‘over-prudent’ by prefunding longer term liabilities
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Dutch cabinet decides against extending recovery term for pension funds
State secretary Klijnsma cites recently improved financial position of schemes
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British Steel sets out case for life outside PPF
Loss of Tata Steel support could open up deficit of £1bn-£2bn, trustees warn
