All scheme funding articles – Page 32
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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.
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FeaturesBT changes valuation date to help close deficit
The BT Pension Scheme took advantage of a regulatory flexibility to move its valuation date forward by six months and improve its funding position.
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FeaturesWhat the regulator's funding statement means for you
Video: The CBI's head of pensions policy, Jim Bligh, tells Owen Walker what the regulator's statement means for schemes in the middle of funding discussions (4:41).
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Features
British Steel launches nursery DC to manage cost
The £11.4bn scheme will close its defined benefit section to new entrants and introduce a money purchase scheme to manage the costs of auto-enrolment.
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Features
How to control costs through DB scheme mergers
DLA Piper’s Ginevra Gatrell explores the savings available to defined benefit (DB) schemes – and the dangers to be avoided – when their sponsors broach the subject of a merger.