All scheme funding articles – Page 31
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News
University funds running equity risk as holdings rise
University pension schemes have seen their equity holdings increase as a proportion of their portfolio, a survey of self-administered trusts in the sector has revealed, sparking debate among experts about their exposure to market volatility.
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Opinion
NAPF: Top of the DB regulatory agenda
Talking head: The NAPF’s Helen Forrest runs through the most important regulatory changes facing defined benefit pension scheme decision-makers – including unintended consequences of the Budget’s retirement reforms.
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News
Isle of Wight bolsters governance ahead of LGPS reform
Isle of Wight Pension Fund has identified areas ripe for improvement in its governance, including more frequent funding monitoring, as local government schemes brace for next year’s reforms to the sector.
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OpinionEditorial: Care for a slice?
There has been a "resurgence of activity" in the pension increase exchange market, we read this week. Is that a good thing for members?
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Opinion
Using the flexibility in the scheme funding regime
Mercer’s Le Roy van Zyl looks at the levers available to scheme and employers in the regulatory funding regime and how they can be used to deliver security and affordability.
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Opinion
Top five challenges facing DB schemes
Talking head: The NAPF’s Ruth Meade traces the five biggest challenges facing defined benefit pension schemes this year.
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News
Thales commits £1.6bn to scheme after funding drop
Thales UK pension scheme has enhanced its recovery plan following a deterioration of its funding position due to low interest rates.
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OpinionEditorial: Time to cash out?
The strengthening equity market, mixed with higher gilt yields, is giving pension scheme investors a tough decision on whether and when to derisk.
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Opinion
Concerns of rate rises is putting schemes off LDI
Schemes’ concerns that interest rates are going to rise is holding them back from derivatives-based LDI strategies, but this could be a mistake, argues Russell’s Sorca Kelly-Scholte, in the latest edition of Informed Comment.
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NewsSchemes take more holistic approach to risk management
News analysis: More schemes are taking an integrated approach to investment, covenant and funding in their risk management planning, but there is still a disconnect between schemes’ investment strategy and valuation process, according to research.
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Opinion
Editorial: Towards a consistent variety
At last week’s Society of Pension Consultants dinner, the Pensions Regulator’s outgoing chair Michael O’Higgins – after acknowledging his out-going had been stretched a little longer than expected – gave us a glimpse of the watchdog’s approach to DB regulation.
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News
Visualise your scheme’s demographic shift
Data analysis: Active members have continued to shrink, while deferred member liabilities have continued to rise, presenting a range of investment and governance challenges for UK defined benefit schemes.
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News
FDs urged to collaborate with trustees on DB deficits
Finance directors are making a “big mistake” if they think they can get defined benefit liabilities off their balance sheets without collaboration with trustees, a scheme manager told delegates at the 2013 NAPF conference.
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News
MNOPF increases contributions to secure benefits
The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has increased employer and member contributions to the new section of its defined benefit scheme to strengthen its ability to pay future benefits.
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Opinion
Is your scheme independence-proof?
A report released last month by the Scottish government outlined how it plans to tackle the structural and legislative hurdles currently blocking Scotland from disentangling its pensions system from the UK.
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News
Why preparation might not be so crucial to buyout
News analysis: Schemes have been urged to get prepared for bulk derisking deals to benefit from affordability improvements, but one provider has said the necessity of preliminary work is often “overemphasised”.
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NewsScottish state pension 'triple whammy' fears
Shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont has said Scotland’s state pension provision will be hit by a demographic “triple whammy” should the country vote for independence next September.
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Opinion
Editorial: Funding – the poor relation?
Defined benefit schemes across the country breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after the European Commission bowed to increasing pressure and chopped solvency requirements from its upcoming IORP II directive.
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Opinion
Breaking down the regulator’s 2013 funding statement
Sackers’ Zoë Lynch looks at what the Pensions Regulator’s annual funding statement means for schemes’ contributions, assumptions and recovery plans, in the latest edition of Technical View.
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Features
Case study: Great Lakes secures £60m funding deal
After using regulatory pressure and an innovative legal move to clear the path for agreement, Great Lakes UK Pension Plan secured a £60m payment from its sponsor’s parent company.