All XPS Pensions Group articles
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People NewsAppointments: Hymans names corporate DB lead
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 2 May 2025.
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People NewsAppointments: AMNT, Pi Partnership, Towers Watson, XPS
The latest hires, promotions and appointments for the week ending 21 March 2025.
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News
Standard Life completes £1.2bn buy-in with Mitchells & Butlers pension plan
Standard Life has completed a £1.2bn bulk purchase annuity transaction covering the 20,200-member strong Mitchells & Butlers pension plan.
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NewsAmey OS Pension Scheme completes £400mn buy-in
On the go: The £673.8mn Amey OS Pension Scheme has secured a £400mn buy-in transaction with Pension Insurance Corporation.
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NewsDB schemes’ funding position improves £400bn in 2022
On the go: The aggregate funding level of defined benefit schemes improved by around £400bn in 2022, with many of these plans moving into a surplus for the first time, new research has shown.
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NewsCo-operative Pension Scheme completes £1.2bn full section buy-in
On the go: The £11.8bn Co-operative Pension Scheme’s £2.1bn Bank Section has completed a full £1.2bn buy-in with Rothesay.
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NewsDC providers fail to commit to ending fossil fuel expansion
None of the UK’s 20 largest defined contribution pension providers have explicit policies aiming to end fossil fuel expansion, a campaign for improving the environmental credentials of pensions has claimed.
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NewsFiduciary managers rip up schemes’ investment guidelines
On the go: Some fiduciary managers have altered investment guidelines for all of their clients in light of October’s market turmoil, which saw schemes scramble for liquidity in response to collateral calls from liability-driven investment managers.
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FeaturesDB schemes and LDI: ‘We’re through that firefighting phase’
Analysis: The dust has settled after a tumultuous month for defined benefit pension schemes.
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NewsProcess non-red-flagged transfers ‘as speedily as possible’
On the go: The Pensions Administration Standards Association has encouraged schemes and administrators to process transfers that do not raise red flags as quickly as possible.
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NewsTPR called to regulate schemes’ LDI leverage levels
The Pensions Regulator should consider regulating levels of liability-driven investments leverage to guarantee that pensions schemes can withstand future market volatility, experts have warned.
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NewsLDI: L&G admits markets turmoil ‘caused challenges’ for clients
Market moves: Legal & General notes the problems posed for clients by the speed of recent rate increases, asset managers limit withdrawals from property funds, and soaring gilt yields supercharge defined benefit scheme funding levels.
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NewsTPR: Schemes had right structures in place to face market crisis
The Pensions Regulator believes defined benefit schemes had “sensible waterfall measures in place” to face the collateral calls prompted by rising gilt yields and has advised struggling trustees to speak to their advisers.
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NewsUK bond yields continue to surge after chancellor’s ‘mini-Budget’
On the go: The value of UK Treasuries has fallen sharply after the fiscal statement on September 23, which announced a raft of unfunded tax cuts for businesses and high earners as well as homebuyers.
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NewsOnly one in 5 fund managers have ‘concrete carbon-reduction plans’
On the go: Despite a flurry of commitments by fund managers towards achieving net zero emissions by 2050, only 22 per cent have a solid plan for reducing their carbon output, according to new research.
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NewsNine in 10 DB transfers receive scam warning in July
On the go: Around 94 per cent of defined benefit transfers registered as having one or more scam warning signs, according to XPS Pensions Group.
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NewsTwo-fifths of fiduciary managers do not actively influence voting
On the go: Forty-two per cent of fiduciary managers do not actively influence the voting activities of underlying assets or managers when looking at environmental, social and governance issues, new research has revealed.
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NewsScam warnings on DB transfers reach all-time high
On the go: The number of scam warnings on defined benefit transfers is at an all-time high, despite a downward trend in transfer activity, XPS Pensions has said.
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NewsFour in five DB transfer requests raise scam warning
On the go: Four in five (83 per cent) defined benefit transfer requests have raised one or more warning flags, according to XPS Pensions Group.
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NewsFree tool launched to help pension transfer clients identify scams
On the go: Help & Advice has introduced a scam predictor to allow those considering a pension transfer to check whether they are at risk of being scammed.