All RPI articles
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UK trustees disappointed with High Court’s RPI judicial judgement
This would reduce pension transfer values and lifetime incomes by 10% to 15% or more, says Insight Investment
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Pension funds get go-ahead to contest RPI reform plan in court
Hearing expected to take place in summer 2022
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NewsUK DB schemes end turbulent year in strong position, LCP says
LCP’s report found that UK DB schemes ended the year with an aggregate balance sheet surplus of £10bn
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UK pension funds seek judicial review of inflation measure reform
BT, Ford and Marks & Spencer pension schemes believe ’far-reaching implications not fully considered’
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Court grants extension as pension funds weigh challenge over RPI reform
Three major corporate DB schemes are considering whether to seek a judicial review
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NewsRPI reform to go ahead in 2030 without compensation
PLSA disappointed over ‘deeply unfair’ decision
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NewsUK roundup: Government RPI reform response due 25 November
Plus: £415m buy-in and £22m duo, Regulator urges anti-scam pledge, Government creates Office for Investment
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InterviewsInterview: Sorca Kelly-Scholte on the future of RPI
Sorca Kelly-Scholte, JP Morgan Asset Management’s (JPMAM) EMEA head of pension solutions and advisory, discussed with IPE.com editor Venilia Amorim how she thinks pension funds can plan for the road ahead, in light of the uncertainty over the future of RPI and whether or not it gets fully phased out.
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NewsPLSA warns of trust hit from RPI-to-CPIH switch, ‘hopeful’ about decision
Industry group recommends formation of working group, as used for LIBOR-SONIA shift, to determine most equitable transition away from RPI
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NewsUK roundup: RPI reform impacts; cost transparency system live
PPI quantifies various potential impacts of RPI reform; Monitoring system launched for LGPS cost transparency code
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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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NewsUK consultants flag up divergent IAS19 practice over inflation, mortality assumptions
‘The big issue to watch for is whether companies reduce the assumed gap between RPI and CPI for this year end’
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Inflation measure changes could shift pension funding by up to 10%
Consultancy says prospective new measure could be 1% a year less than current RPI
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British Airways settles six-year dispute with pension fund
Airways Pension Scheme trustees can reintroduce discretionary benefit increases after funding position improves
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British Airways wins court appeal over discretionary pension increase
Trustees of Airways Pension Scheme granted leave to appeal to Supreme Court over dispute dating from 2013
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NewsUK considers scrapping ‘controversial’ inflation measure
Abolishing retail prices index could cut scheme liabilities but legal problems could scupper changes
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Court rejects BT’s bid to change inflation-linked benefits
A switch to a different inflation measure would have cut the sponsor’s liabilities
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Dairy Crest cuts indexation through CPI switch
Move from RPI to CPI is expected to save sponsor £24m in two years
