Funding – Page 54
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Irish publishing group to pay €70m to settle pension dispute
Independent News & Media agrees with trustees to meet deficit payments and wind up DB schemes
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Largest Dutch schemes fail to generate quarterly returns
Biggest five funds relied on rising interest rates to improve funding as investment returns stall
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NewsABN Amro scheme credits leverage for 12% return
Dutch bank’s pension fund increased return-seeking portfolio during 2016
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UK lifeboat fund boosts reserves as claims fall
BHS settlement helped reduce claims on the Pension Protection Fund
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Pension costs push UK financial regulator into the red
FCA records actuarial loss of £65.3m on its pension fund, wiping out balance sheet surplus
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Netherlands roundup: SC Johnson pension fund to liquidate
Also: Dental technicians’ scheme to join PFZW; SNS Reaal posts 12.5% return in 2016
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Basel pension fund reveals details of alternatives strategy
PKBS hired Goldman Sachs, BioMed Partners, and IFR, and has invested directly in gold
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Experts propose Dutch discount rate linked to GDP growth
The so-called ‘ETK’ would be directly linked to salaries and general economic health
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UK regulator suggests new scheme-sponsor separation mechanism
Separation could be based on scheme viability rather than employer insolvency
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UK pensions lifeboat fund to expand portfolio insourcing
Pension Protection Fund expects assets under management to grow to £32bn by 2020
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NewsUK roundup: FTSE100 companies' DB liabilities up £100bn in 2016
Plus: Fiduciary management, investment performance measurement mandates
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Dividend increases outstripping deficit payments: UK regulator
TPR releases data contextualising call for balance between dividends and deficit reduction contributions
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NewsUK election: Rising interest rates could help cut DB liabilities
Public spending boosts aimed at wooing voters could end up helping underfunded pension schemes
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PNO Media ramps up mortgage allocation to 12%
Pension fund repositions property portfolio in favour of residential and retail
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UK schemes failing to plan for cashflow negative future: survey
Majority of UK funds sell assets to meet payments rather than planning income
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NewsUK roundup: LGPS returns, Milk Pension Fund, 3i pension buy-in
Local authority returns surpassed 20% in 2016-17; private sector DB deficits hold steady during May
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NewsHoover strikes deal to offload UK pension scheme [updated]
Trustees express regret no long-term funding plan could be reached to meet £530m liabilities
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BT mulls contingent asset deal as pension deficit swells
Company considering several options to plug shortfall in £50bn scheme
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Eight Pensionskassen fail German regulator’s stress test
Vast majority of supervised Pensionkassen considered to have sufficient ‘risk-bearing capacity’
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EIOPA IORP stress test to consider financial stability 'repercussions'
German pensions trade body aba has already strongly criticised EIOPA’s plans for the 2017 stress test
