Funding – Page 29
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NewsTPR pushes back on calls for overhaul of planned funding code
The UK regulator says the COVID-19 crisis does not warrant a fundamental rethink of its planned new DB funding regime
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InterviewsPremier Foods deal: ingredients unusual, but principle replicable
A ‘landmark’ pensions agreement has been struck at the UK food manufacturer
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NewsUK roundup: TPR pipes up over inter-DC transfers; ‘Cross-country’ PRT deal
Plus: Co-op Pace pension fund de-risks again with Aviva in £350m deal
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NewsSwiss pension funding levels recover after falling below 100%
Returns reached -3.9% at the end of April compared to 10.6% in 2019
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NewsPFZW: Return prospects of private markets outweigh costs
The scheme has reduced its asset management costs by 10% in the past 10 years
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Finland readies solvency safety net to avoid fire sales at pension firms
Situation calmer since March, but future prospects very uncertain, says TELA
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NewsUK roundup: Oxford University to divest from fossil fuels
Plus: PPF unveils diversity & inclusion strategy
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Dutch schemes report up to 10.2% Q1 losses
Unilever, PGB, Philips, TNO, ABP, PFZW, BpfBouw all show Q1 negative returns
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Netherlands roundup: NIBC scheme opts for consolidation vehicle
Plus: Homecare director ordered to pay Dutch scheme €900,000 premium bill
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NewsExxonMobil to fill €250m funding gap in Dutch pension fund
Payment is meant to raise the funding level of the €3bn Dutch segment of the ExxonMobil OFP to 100%
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EIOPA crisis words for national pension supervisors reassure
EU supervisory authority also extends IORP data reporting deadlines
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UK roundup: Aon on dwindling DB actuarial valuations
Plus: Barnett Waddingham on inflation and Mercer’s Financial Wellbeing hub
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NewsQ1 pulls down Swiss corporate pension scheme funding by 7%-points
Corporate bond yield increase partially offsets asset decline
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NewsLargest Dutch scheme’s investments fall almost 10% in first quarter
Funding levels plunge but schemes refuse predictions about 2021 rights cuts
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News500-plus UK employers expected to delay pension deficit payments
First estimate from LCP is that around £500m will be held back
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NewsLCP sees ‘net neutral’ COVID-19 effect on 2020 buy-in/out volumes
Consultancy estimates £25bn of deals this year
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NewsCOVID-19 makes Swiss occupational pension reform increasingly urgent
The coronavirus crisis has forced an extension on the reform consultation until May 29
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Ahold scheme funding slumps despite 22.6% return
The pension fund incurred a 2.2% loss on its currency hedge
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German pensions lifeboat preps for insolvencies burden amid reform
PSVaG insures around €345bn of liabilities in Germany and Luxembourg, covering some 11.1 million beneficiaries
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NewsPPF DB index funding level dips 0.7 percentage points in March
114 more schemes are in deficit than at the end of February, according to new UK DB lifeboat fund figures
