Defined benefit
In-depth reporting on defined benefit (DB) pensions for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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NewsIPE Conference 2025: Europe, private markets and realism in ESG - key takeaways
The conference, held in Seville, highlighted sustainable investing pitfalls, private markets, and the case for European asset allocations
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NewsStagecoach transfers £1.2bn pension fund to Aberdeen
Aberdeen will receive a minority share of any surplus generated
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NewsGerman companies pressed to fast-track Pensionsfonds transfers before tax cuts
Mercer urges German companies to fast-track any planned expansion of direct pension promises or benefit upgrades
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NewsAustrian VBV surpasses €10bn with IBM pensions deal
VBV has absorbed more than €1bn in assets and around 30,000 members from Austrian company pension funds over the past two decades
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NewsCF Fertilisers UK completes £265m buy-in for two pension funds with M&G
Transaction provides pension solutions to over 1,350 retirees and deferred members
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: European Commission IORP proposals are too slanted to individual pensions
The European Commission’s IORP II reform proposal structurally reinforces individual pensions and is at odds with the successful social partner-led Rhineland model
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NewsUK to allow defined benefit surplus to be paid directly to members
Plans to reduce tax charge on surplus paid directly to members will make it easier for members to benefit and for trustees and employers to agree on surplus extraction
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NewsAstraZeneca favours buyouts to offload German DB liabilities
Pharmaceutical group rules out consolidating its German pension plans due to impracticalities
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NewsBBC Pension Scheme completes £6bn longevity swap
The longevity swap covers pensioner liabilities representing around 21,000 members
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NewsWolseley Group Retirement Benefits Plan in £600m buy-in with Aviva
The transaction secures benefits of nearly 10,000 members
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NewsUK bulk annuity sector ‘resilient to severe market shock’, stress test finds
PRA to consider whether further action is needed to ensure the regulatory capital treatment of FundedRe transactions is appropriate
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NewsUK lifeboat fund consults on keeping levy at zero for 2026/27
Pension Protection Fund says it will continue to build financial security principally through its investment returns
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NewsUBS offloads German Credit Suisse pension book in de-risking deal
UBS completes major German pension buyout as corporates accelerate efforts to shed legacy liabilities
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NewsBuyout boom cements insurance as top endgame for UK DB pension funds
LCP projects a continued ‘healthy’ pipeline of £350bn to £550bn of buy-in transactions over the next decade
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NewsTPT appoints trustee board for run-on DB superfund
The appointment of the board comes as TPT prepares for The Pensions Regulator’s (TPR) assessment of its superfund proposition
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NewsDutch insurers see buyout market accelerate
As funding ratios rise across the board, buyout deals have seen a growing number of Dutch company pension schemes show interest
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NewsPhoenix eyes private capital deal to scale PRT business
The insurer has had ‘initial discussions regarding a potential third-party partnership’ to accelerate the growth of its pension risk transfer business
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NewsFord pension funds complete £4.6bn buy-in deal with L&G
The buy-ins were completed as part of one combined transaction, which secures the benefits of over 35,000 retirees across two pension funds
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NewsDNB reassures Dutch funds on interest rate hedging impact
Dutch pension sector is worried that government bond trades upon switching to defined contribution arrangements could squeeze liquidity and move markets
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NewsTPT Investment Management launches £600m global equity fund
This is the last in the series of seven planned fund launches
