Defined benefit – Page 44
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UK roundup: FTSE 250 firms face heavy DB burden
JLT assesses mid-cap index liabilities; former BHS owner under fire (again); BMW’s workers in pension-related strike
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NewsUK regulator urges long-term focus in trustee guidance
TPR highlights sustainability risks and climate change among long list of trustee priorities
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PLSA conference: The great DB 'superfunds' debate
Superfund proposal met with goodwill, but practicalities and scale of problem questioned
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PLSA taskforce calls for 'superfunds' to absorb UK DB schemes
Employer would be removed altogether, with both assets and liabilities pooled in superfunds
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BoE staff blog posits financial stability risks from DB schemes
Warning follows government declaration of ‘no affordability crisis’ in DB sector
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DC growing despite perceived drag of DB funding
Willis Towers Watson report paints positive outlook for defined contribution
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NewsSwitzerland: Official stats confirm defined benefit disappearance
Only 58 pension funds with DB schemes in 2015, down from nearly 300 in 2005
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European firms pay more into UK DB schemes
Listed companies on the continent paid more per employee into UK-based schemes than British firms
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UK roundup: Hackney Pension Fund, Pensions Regulator, Willis Towers Watson
Hackney vows to cut fossil fuel exposure of its pension fund
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PLSA calls for Brexit deal that supports UK pension funds
‘On no account’ could pension funds support future with no EU access, industry group says
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NewsHigh-deficit pension sponsors ‘could outperform’ in 2017
Strategist backs basket of stocks with significantly underfunded pension schemes to outperform
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NewsUK pension funding position 'weakest in Europe', study shows
Banks, pharmaceuticals among weakest sectors for pension funding across Europe
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DB liabilities dent FTSE 100 market cap by more than reported deficits
PIC-funded research finds markets assume impact of liabilities is 20% more
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PLSA conference: No simple solution to UK defined benefit ills
Consolidation, alternative valuation frameworks among options to be considered
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PLSA taskforce urges action to fix 'inefficient' UK defined benefit system
Identifies potential remedies including consolidation, changes to scheme-resolution regulation
