All scheme funding articles – Page 14
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Arcadia, Debenhams the first high street dominoes to fall
High street retailer Debenhams became the latest domino to fall following the collapse of Philip Green’s Arcadia Group on Monday, with the pension schemes of both now entering the Pension Protection Fund assessment period.
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NewsGreen pressured to save Arcadia pension schemes
On the go: Philip Green is being pressured to “make good” on promises to 10,000 members of the Arcadia pension scheme as his retail empire is on the brink of filing for administration, which would leave the scheme in the Pension Protection Fund.
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Phoenix launches new ESG default solution
On the go: The UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business has announced the launch of a new defined contribution default solution incorporating environmental, social and governance standards.
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Pension scheme strategies not fit for ‘purpose’
On the go: The number of trustees having to alter their scheme’s long-term plans in the past year suggests pension scheme strategies are “not fit for purpose”, according to new research.
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AA goes private again with detailed pensions agreements
On the go: Trustees of defined benefit schemes belonging to troubled motoring group the AA have agreed funding principles with the company’s new private equity backers, including a commitment not to increase technical provisions where possible.
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RPI reform to leave linker owners short-changed from 2030
The government is to press ahead with controversial reforms to the retail price index leaving index-linked gilt holders worse off, but has decided to delay the move until 2030.
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DB schemes have £130bn tied up in unrealised life expectancy advances
On the go: PwC is proposing changes to the way defined benefit schemes calculate the impact of projected life expectancy improvements in its liabilities, as these pension funds have more than £130bn tied up in assumptions that have not yet materialised.
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PPF reserves could be ‘wiped out’ by one or two big claims
Pension Protection Fund chief executive Oliver Morley has warned that the lifeboat’s reserves could be wiped out by just a few large claims, while downplaying the risk of a post-Covid run of small-scheme claims.
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Experts wary on BoE governor’s DC pandemic recovery call
The governor of the Bank of England has suggested rules should be relaxed to allow defined contribution schemes to play a part in the post-Covid economic recovery, but experts warn some structural problems remain.
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Trustees green-light RSA takeover after securing guarantees
On the go: Trustees of defined benefit schemes belonging to UK insurer RSA have accepted a proposal to split the company’s parent group in two, in exchange for new offers of covenant enhancement.
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Most DB schemes do not meet regulator’s fast-track requirements
On the go: Seventy per cent of defined benefit schemes fall short of the Pensions Regulator’s ‘fast-track’ approach as proposed in its new DB funding code, according to analysis from Hymans Robertson.
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Proposed RI bill would force trustees to consider members’ ‘best interests’
The leader of the Liberal Democrats supports a proposed responsible investment bill broadening the concept of fiduciary duty to encompass sustainability concerns and aim for a ‘world worth retiring into’.
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LGPS could face legal challenges over new exit payment cap
Local Government Pension Scheme administrators face potential legal challenges, after a new cap on exit payments from public sector schemes contradicting existing regulations came into force on Wednesday.
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Second lockdown presents added uncertainty for pension schemes
After August’s worse-than-expected gross domestic product figures and the announcement of yet more anti-Covid measures appeared finally to put to rest hopes of a V-shaped recovery, experts ponder the impact of a second lockdown on pension schemes.
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SNP MPs table amendments to tackle Section 75 conundrum
On the go: Four Scottish National party MPs have tabled an amendment to the pension schemes bill in a bid to solve the problem of Section 75 debt falling due on small, unincorporated employers.
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Covid leaves Northern Ireland Water deficit recovery in rough sea
Northern Ireland Water could have to pay an additional £4.6m a year in deficit repair contributions to its scheme, but uncertainty about how Covid-19 has impacted its investment and ongoing negotiations with trustees makes it hard to gauge its recovery plan.
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Larger DB schemes face £100bn bill due to new regulations
The impact of new regulations in the pension schemes bill and the future defined benefit funding code will mean that sponsors of the UK’s largest schemes will have to fork out £100bn over the next 10 years, according to new analysis from LCP.
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Philip Green 'disliked the Pensions Regulator immensely'
On the go: Fallen businessman Dominic Chappell told Southwark Crown Court of Philip Green’s intense dislike of the Pensions Regulator, and promises made to plug the deficit of BHS pension schemes.
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Kier schemes agree cut to deficit contributions as funding improves
The trustees of construction company Kier Group’s defined benefit pension plans have agreed a new payment schedule, to reduce sponsor contributions as the schemes approach full funding.
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DC contributions too small to allow for sustainable retirements
Stagnant incomes, rising wealth inherited later in life, and the relative poverty of defined contribution schemes compared with older defined benefit schemes are all factors that threaten the sustainability of retirement income, according to speakers at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s annual conference.