Funding – Page 46
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KPMG: Low interest rates pushing schemes to innovative accounting
Annual pensions accounting survey also finds life expectancy assumptions are being updated more often
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NewsPMT reports 8.4% gain as rising interest rates reduce liabilities
Metal scheme had set 1.5% goal to aid recovery and reintroduction of indexation
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NewsMortality rate change could boost Dutch pension scheme funding
Longevity drop could boost pension funds’ coverage by 0.5%, according to Sprenkels & Verschuren
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Universities finalise panel to scrutinise USS valuations
Influential pensions industry figures to assist in evaluating calculations and methodologies
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FTSE 100 companies report first pension surplus in 10 years
Changes to longevity and discount rate assumptions among main reasons for rise
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Dutch should adopt principles-based funding framework: Aon Hewitt
Approach similar to IORP Directive would offering more scope for innovation, says CEO
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Carillion disclosures used as 'good practice' 12 months before bankruptcy
FRC’s Financial Reporting Lab reflected views of investors, regulator says
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Pensions at UK subsidiaries ‘an extra burden for French firms’
Report finds British DB schemes account for third of French parent company liabilities
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UK pension lifeboat fund to support Mothercare’s voluntary restructuring
High street retailer provided ‘suitable assurances’ about pension schemes’ position, says PPF
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Revamped British Steel scheme reports £2.2bn accounting surplus
Steelworkers’ union calls for surplus to be passed on to members
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Broadcaster eradicates £83m pension deficit in first quarter
ITV has reduced its net DB shortfall from £328m at the end of 2016 to zero at the end of March
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BT agrees £13bn funding plan to plug pension scheme deficit
Telecoms group will pay £4.5bn in the enxt three years to improve the funding of the UK’s biggest single-employer scheme
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Holland Casino paid €4.3m to its scheme during consolidation move
State-owned casino chain transferred its pension scheme to the Stap APF last year despite union opposition
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NewsSwitzerland’s CHF7bn intergenerational pension problem
Pensionskassen need more flexibility to address the annual CHF7bn cross-subsidy problem
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Sharp improvement in UK DB funding during April
Rising assets, falling liabilities put FTSE 100 company schemes in best position for 10 years
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NewsDutch pension funds urge government to drop ‘inadequate’ merger bill
Government’s current proposals have ‘zero added value’, argues pensions trade body
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German regulator scrutinising Pensionskassen ‘run-off’ deals
More Pensionskassen are interested in such arrangements, according to BaFin
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More UK DB schemes shut their doors to new members
New survey shows only 4% of schemes still open to new members
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NewsSwiss funding levels fell in Q1 2018 after 1.3% average loss
Public sector Pensionskassen APK and PKBS post 2017 investment returns in line with market average
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Toshiba offloads UK scheme in £170m buyout deal
Rothesay Life backs transaction insuring benefits for 1,350 staff
