All Pension Protection Fund (PPF) articles – Page 2
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OpinionPPF: Our new approach to company voluntary arrangements
Malcolm Weir, director of restructuring and insolvency at the Pension Protection Fund, explains how the lifeboat’s new CVA guidance will assist employers and their advisers when putting together a proposal.
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OpinionScrap the cap? PPF rules challenged at CJEU
It will be interesting to see if the Pension Protection Fund compensation cap survives the impending Court of Justice of the European Union’s decision in the case of Grenville Hampshire v The Board of the Pension Protection Fund, writes Aries Insight’s Ian Neale.
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OpinionFinal PPF levy deadlines ahead of autumn invoicing
Getting deficit reduction payments certified will be easier under the 2018-19 levy rules, says the Pension Protection Fund’s Chris Collins.
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PPF: We are ready for whatever comes our way
In-house management has helped get the Pension Protection Fund in a good place, says the fund’s Trevor Welsh.
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OpinionA spotlight on employer restructuring
Malcolm Weir of the Pension Protection Fund explains the lifeboat’s priorities when assessing a corporate restructuring that involves changes to pension promises.
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OpinionThe PPF’s funding strategy: Flight path to self-sufficiency
The Pension Protection Fund’s Hans den Boer says why the PPF cannot be complacent despite its healthy funding position.
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OpinionPPF: An investment strategy for the long term
From the hedging programme to infrastructure investments, the Pension Protection Fund’s Ian Scott explains how the lifeboat fund manages its assets.
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OpinionA PPF levy for schemes without a substantive sponsor
The PPF’s David Taylor explains the proposed new levy for schemes without a sponsor, and reveals that further stakeholder input will be sought.
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OpinionPPF: Act on levy rules now
The Pension Protection Fund’s David Taylor reveals what schemes can expect from the PPF’s levy determination at the end of March.
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OpinionBehind the scenes at the PPF
The Pension Protection Fund’s Sara Protheroe gives an insight into how the lifeboat fund and its members have fared since insourcing member services a year ago.
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OpinionThe PPF’s funding strategy: A long-term view
More than a decade after our creation we remain confident of our financial position. In our last published annual report and accounts, we had £3.6bn in reserves, a 115.1 per cent funding ratio, more than £22bn of assets and responsibility for more than 220,000 members.
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OpinionDoors remain open as FAS prepares to close
As the Financial Assistance Scheme nears its closing date, Sue Rivas summarises the key facts and offers any remaining eligible schemes the chance to apply for funding.
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OpinionPPF: Don’t delay GMP reconciliation
The GMP reconciliation deadline is looming, and where schemes fail to reconcile data, liabilities could increase unnecessarily. The Pension Protection Fund’s Chris Parrish says where schemes in PPF assessment can seek help.
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OpinionPPF: New system leads to fewer appeals
Talking Head: The Pension Protection Fund’s Chris Collins shares how the PPF’s invoicing has gone since the new insolvency risk model was introduced, and what else is in the pipeline.
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OpinionA decade on: The evolution of the PPF
Talking Head: The Pension Protection Fund has been afloat for a decade. The PPF’s John St Hill explains how the lifeboat fund continues to sail through choppy waters.
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Interest rates and the PPF
Talking Head: Savers may be looking forward to higher interest rates and house buyers may be dreading them, but Gwyn Hacche asks what they mean for defined benefit schemes.
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Why trustees will be spending more time on PPF certification, not less
It was no surprise the Pensions Regulator’s latest defined benefit code recognised the potential value to both schemes and sponsors of contingent assets where trustees agree “to accept more risk than can be supported by their available employer covenant”.
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PPF: How the pensions landscape is changing
Talking head: The Pension Protection Fund’s Stephen Rice uses the Purple Book to demonstrate that while certain DB asset allocation trends are tailing off, the derisking journey has some way to run.
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PPF: levy dip likely to be followed by further falls
The Pension Protection Fund’s Chris Collins gives a speedy run-through of the latest on its levy changes, and explains why the levy is expected to fall for a further two years after 2015/16.
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PPF: Comms have been vital to speeding up assessment
Talking head: The Pension Protection Fund’s Sue Rivas says the organisation is on track to meet its target of providing three-quarters of scheme assessments within two years, and explains how it has sped up the process.
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