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NewsKing’s Speech fails to mention pension reforms
Speculation that the PPF could be used as a consolidator remains unaddressed, and this is now unlikely to be resolved for at least another 12 months, PMI says
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NewsClara’s first superfund transaction marks ‘significant milestone’ for UK pension industry
LCP estimates there could be £5bn or more further superfund transactions in the next few years
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NewsClara-Pensions announces first superfund deal
The formal transfer of members will proceed at the end of November
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NewsUK pension schemes concerned over insurer capacity as they approach endgame
The total deal value for bulk annuity transactions is expected to reach ‘well over’ £40bn in 2023
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NewsCFOs uncertain of pension schemes’ endgame objective
Cardano’s research shows that 51% of CFOs are seeking external advice to determine the endgame for their schemes
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NewsResolution Life enters UK buyout market
The agreement provides capacity to the UK pension risk transfer writers in a sustainable way
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NewsThe Pensions Regulator will not mandate schemes on how to invest
Instead, TPR will be challenging decision-making to ‘make sure trustees are always acting in members’ interests’, says Nausicaa Delfas
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NewsStandard Life highlights barriers for trustees to deliver endgame strategy
Market volatility was cited as a key concern by trustees to deliver their endgame strategy
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NewsUK pensions regulator to take ‘more assertive’ approach
‘We will be testing the full suite of powers available to us to really change behaviours’ says TPR
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NewsDWP embraces PPF as potential public pensions consolidator candidate
‘From a variety of perspectives there’s clearly an investment model that we already have, expertise and infrastructure,’ says the PPF
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NewsDB pension funds ‘working against’ government’s productive finance agenda
Defined benefit schemes have now stopped and some even reduced their allocation to illiquid assets, says WTW
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NewsUK pensions industry told to prepare for consolidation
Industry experts expect to see a significant amount of consolidation in the market by 2035
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NewsUK sees record £21.2bn transferred to insurers in first half of 2023
LCP research shows number of UK private sector DB schemes fully-funded on buyout has increased to 20%
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NewsIrish Pensions Authority publishes own-risk assessment guidance
Trustees are required to complete a full own-risk assessment every three years.
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NewsPension schemes encouraged to run on to avoid potential value loss
Van Lanschot Kempen launched a solution for schemes approaching their endgame to encourage longer term thinking for the benefit of members, trustees and sponsors
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NewsLondon Stock Exchange Pension Scheme in £335m buy-in with Standard Life
The transaction secures benefits of the scheme’s 1,740 members
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News68% of Irish DC schemes plan to wind up and transfer to alternative arrangement
Many schemes are moving their pensions into multi-employer mastertrusts or personal retirement savings accounts
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NewsElevated mortality rates accelerate DB scheme shift towards de-risking
Mortality analysis from the start of the coronavirus pandemic until the end of 2022 showed that England and Wales had an excess mortality rate of 26% at the end of 2022
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NewsDB schemes need integrated approach to sustainability reporting
Hymans Robertson suggests three initial actions pension schemes and other institutional investors should take for successful TNFD reporting
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Opinion PiecesLondon’s Lord Mayor Nicholas Lyons outlines his plan to raise £50bn from pension funds for UK growth assets
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. This aphorism can perhaps well describe the current state of the UK’s investment ecosystem. Despite Europe’s largest pension market at £2.5trn (€2.9trn), the UK economy has been starved of risk capital through a series of legislative and regulatory decisions.
