All articles by Samantha Downes – Page 3
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NewsPension trustee role needs to be re-evaluated, argues industry
The Association of Professional Pension Trustees (APPT) also cautioned against what it claimed were "further onerous requirements being placed on lay trustees that could backfire".
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NewsABI’s pension scheme completes £18.4m buy-out with Just Group
The deal secures the benefits of remaining members of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) sponsored pension scheme, including 16 pensioners and 118 deferred members.
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NewsUK economy: GDP grew 0.5 per cent in June
The UK economy grew by 0.5 per cent in June and by 0.2 per cent in the three months ending June, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsThe next step towards a superfund regime
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published revised superfund guidance following government plans to legislate the consolidation schemes.
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NewsWhy defined benefits schemes are looking beyond insurers to secure member benefits
Insurance buyouts were not the de-risking option of choice among half of the defined benefit schemes polled by a pensions consultant.
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NewsTriple lock: Government faces £9bn bill to inflation-proof state pension
State pension triple lock bill will rise on the back of inflation hikes and wage data, according to interactive investor.
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NewsDebt to credit? DC schemes 'will have committed £200bn' to illiquid assets by 2030
One report is estimating that defined contribution schemes will have increased their holdings in private debt to £200bn over the next six and a half years.
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People NewsPension industry movers and shakers w/e 11 August
This week's pension industry movers and shakers: including the Pension Protection Fund and LCP.
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Swap and bond rate dip increases average pension scheme buyout timeframe
The average time for a UK defined benefit pension scheme to make itself buyout ready rose from 5.1 to to 5.2 years between June and July 2023, according to Barnett Waddingham.
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NewsAPPT: Trustee accreditation scheme 'fit for purpose'
In its report the Association of Profession Pension Trustees (APPT) said its accreditation scheme was pitched at an appropriate level and fit for purpose if accreditation was made mandatory.
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NewsPPF 7800 Index: Inflation 'dip' and equity rally helps to boost pension surplus by £9.1bn
The aggregate surplus of the 5,131 schemes in the Pension Protection Fund 7800 Index increased to £446bn at the end of July 2023, compared to £437bn the previous month.
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NewsWho has got the UK's biggest pension pot?
One UK saver is sitting on a pension fund of £11m according to wealth manager RBC Brewin Dolphin.
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NewsFour fifths of defined benefit scheme trustees expect BPA deal within five years
Four fifths of defined benefit pension scheme trustees expect to approach an insurer about de-risking within five years with 86 per cent of trustees anticipate their scheme approaching an insurer for a bulk purchase annuity (BPA) transaction within the next five years.
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NewsNEST to invest back in gilts, according to reports
One of the largest UK pension funds is to invest back in gilts, according to newspaper reports.
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NewsPension savers 'lose over £600 a year' by not shopping around for an annuity
A healthy 75-year-old buying an annuity with a £50,000 pension could expect about £4,720 income each year for the rest of their life from the most competitive provider compared to £4,070 from the least competitive.
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NewsRoyal London: Pensions new business helps profits rise 16 per cent
Growth in workplace pensions new business contributions and increased expected returns on its assets helped Royal London's operating profit before tax rise 16 per cent to £127m year on year during the first half of 2023.
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NewsA third of DC pension members 'have no idea' how much they have saved
A third of savers contributing to a defined contribution scheme have no idea how much is in their pension pot, according to analysis of FCA data by consultancy Broadstone.
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NewsDWP and state pension: Contracted-out members reminded of inflation timebomb
Savers who contracted out of the state pension are being warned that the guaranteed part of their pot, may not keep up with inflation.
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OpinionDB CETVs: Spectre of mini budget and gilt crisis weighs on transfer requests
The three month period ending June 2023 was the third lowest quarter for transfer value activity, only beating two previous sector impacted by extraordinary market volatility - the second quarter of 2020 - the first pandemic lockdown - and the fourth quarter of 2022 after the 'mini-budget' fiasco, according to Barnett Waddingham.
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NewsHigh Court supports trustee's petition to wind up Biwater scheme sponsors
The High Court has supported the decision by the trustee of the Biwater Retirement and Security Scheme to petition to wind up the scheme’s sponsoring employers.