All Defined benefit articles – Page 13
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OpinionOne trustee’s predictions for 2024
Whatever 2024 brings, trustees must stay on their guard and remember their primary purpose, writes Janice Turner of the Association of Member Nominated Trustees.
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NewsMP criticises BP’s leadership for ‘dealing from the bottom of the deck’ on UK pensions
Alistair Carmichael blasted BP leaders for delinking inflation from its pension scheme payouts, which has slashed the value of the pension paid by 11%.
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OpinionThe secret of fully securing your members’ benefits
A trustee chair’s reflections on how the MNOPF arrived at its destination
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NewsMore funding surplus disputes ahead
BP Pensioner Group has begun a legal process against senior members of BP management and directors of the BP Pension Fund Trustee, following concerns around the value of members' pensions.
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NewsOutlook 2023: Keep calm and carry on
There will be pockets of opportunity within equity markets for selective investors in 2024
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OpinionPPF as consolidator poses unanswered questions
Acting as a consolidator would be a new direction for the PPF. What challenges need to be resolved for it to work?
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NewsThe new buyout brigade
The questions trustees should ask when considering an insurance transaction with a new entrant to the market
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NewsSole trusteeship has its downsides
Robert Smith raised his fears during the Work and Pensions Committee.
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OpinionOnly pension reform can save the economy
The pensions system is broken and radical reform is needed. But will the chancellor’s steps be bold enough?
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NewsCompanies could copy a worrying ‘blueprint’ set by BP to offload unwanted pension schemes
BP pension fund stopped linking inflation to payments despite its £6bn surplus
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NewsBleak prospects for women in retirement
Women may not be able to afford basics like food and heating when they retire, thanks to the ‘motherhood penalty’ and the gender pensions gap. What can we do to change things?
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NewsInside the Mansion House summit
The great and the good of the pensions industry gathered at Mansion House to discuss how the reforms might work in practice. PE takes a look behind the curtain.
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NewsUK’s first commercial pension ‘superfund’ deal has been cleared
Move provides a new route for employers to ditch weaker retirement programmes
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NewsMost CFOs are unsure of their DB scheme’s objective
Three quarters of CFOs are struggling to work out their scheme’s end game
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NewsSchemes worried about buyout process
Cost, capacity and lack of interest at top of schemes’ buyout worry lists
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NewsPLSA Annual Conference 2023 - Live blog
The Pensions Expert Team will be bringing you the key highlights and pensions chatter from Manchester as the PLSA holds its annual conference. Stay tuned for updates in our PLSA Annual live blog!
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NewsRethinking the DB endgame
DB schemes could be missing a trick by completing insurance transactions, according to new research
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NewsLearning lessons from the gilts crisis
A year on after the historic collapse and bailout of the gilt market, has the pensions industry learnt lessons?
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NewsM&G completes £286m Northern Bank BPA deal
The transaction is the second with M&G's insurance subsidiary Prudential since it returned to the BPA market.
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NewsBPA boom: Who will be next to enter the market?
M&G’s re-entry into the bulk purchase annuity market takes the number of UK providers to nine, with others expected to follow by the end of the year.