Latest articles from Angus Peters

Another way to give DB employers relief?

Analysis: Trustees of defined benefit schemes are being asked to make tough decisions as to whether to allow employers to change their scheduled contributions, amid the lockdown-driven economic crisis. Could changing the employer assets over which they have security help bosses free up the cash to stay afloat?

First trustee passes professional accreditation standard

On the go: The accreditation system put in place for professional trustees has seen its first candidate pass through the process, as qualification providers eye online migration of examination processes.

£37bn a year to flow from DB to bulk annuity providers

On the go: Demand for buy-ins and buyouts is predicted to average £37bn a year for the next decade, according to new analysis.

Covid-19: Don’t lose sight of strategic allocation

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Market moves: As the world struggles to grapple with the concept of negative oil prices, three separate analyses all urge pension schemes to focus on the risks in their strategic asset allocations.

Agri business and research institute switch to fiduciary management

On the go: Defined benefit schemes belonging to a malt production business and a social research institute have both switched to fiduciary management with Netherlands-owned Kempen Capital Management.

Multibillion pension sponsors among vulnerable to demand shock

Sponsors of some of the UK’s largest defined benefit pension schemes are among those exposed to a potentially unsustainable level of debt if their cash flows dry up, new analysis has suggested.

Investors sound alarm over AGM shut-outs

On the go: Two-thirds of FTSE 100 companies that have announced annual meetings plan to conduct them behind closed doors under the Covid-19 lockdown, sparking concerns over shareholder rights.

FT implements Covid-19 pension cut

On the go: The Financial Times has reduced its level of pension contributions for staff, as part of a range of measures designed to cut costs in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic.

Counting the cost of coronavirus

Counting the cost of coronavirus

Coronavirus and the market volatility that has greeted it has dealt a triple blow to defined benefit schemes – damaging asset values, causing wild swings in liabilities and weakening sponsor covenant. Pensions Expert looks at which sectors will be worst hit, and what trustees can do about it.

Pensions Expert digital edition: where will we be in three months?

Editorial: A plan to place the UK economy and its pension scheme dependents into cryogenesis for three months is under way and looks just about possible, but the longer the pandemic crisis runs on, the more trustees will find themselves facing difficult decisions. Read about this and more in the digital edition of our monthly magazine.