Funding – Page 58
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AnalysisAnalysis: UK targets radical aid for ‘just about managing’ schemes
Funds struggling to close deficits will require unprecedented actions from industry and government
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Asset Class ReportsUK roundup: Smiths Group, PIC, USS, National Audit Office
Tech giant continues tranche-based de-risking; £711m paid to police and firemen after pension errors
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Philips and KLM schemes achieve 10% gains in 2016
Philips scheme and KLM’s cabin staff pension fund record double-figure returns despite difficult Q4
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Swiss pension fund association refuses to back benefit ‘adjustments’
Association director says the question of benefit cuts has to be decided at the political level
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UK: Deficits mean trustees ‘losing focus on paying pensions’
Hymans Robertson says changes in cash-flow position have passed many trustees by
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German discount rate disparity seen as ‘unconstitutional’
Mercer says unchanged discount rate for tax purposes is a barrier to expansion of occupational pension provision
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Time to address DB’s drag on DC, consultant urges
JLT pitches its defined benefit manifesto as UK government prepares reform plans
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NewsUK roundup: PwC, IFoA, nuclear sector pensions
PwC says trustees of UK DB schemes may be being ‘over-prudent’ by prefunding longer term liabilities
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Dutch cabinet decides against extending recovery term for pension funds
State secretary Klijnsma cites recently improved financial position of schemes
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British Steel sets out case for life outside PPF
Loss of Tata Steel support could open up deficit of £1bn-£2bn, trustees warn
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Switzerland: BVK posts 5.7% return for 2016, railways pension fund 3.4%
BVK says equities plus EM bonds and commodities drove ‘good performance’
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Largest Dutch schemes return up to 12% over 2016
Funding improves significantly thanks to rising interest rates
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Liquidating accountancy scheme to transfer assets to Aegon
Chairman cites decreasing number of active participants for Dutch pension fund
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Switzerland: All-time high in alternatives allocation
Statistics show larger funds produced better returns in 2016
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UK roundup: Hymans Robertson, British Steel, Alcatel-Lucent, PIC
Inaccurate longevity data has potentially added £25bn (€29.1bn) to pension deficits; British Steel Pension Scheme rejects ambitious rescue plan
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Irish roundup: AIB, Fianna Fáil, Pensions Authority, Bord na Móna
State-owned AIB agrees pay and pensions deal with union; Fianna Fáil tables pensions law amendment
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NewsGermany roundup: BVK, RP Crest, Willis Towers Watson
BVK to invest in RP Crest volatility risk premium 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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NewsTrump win delivers end-2016 boost for Swiss pension plan funding
Willis Towers Watson funded ratio index up to 96.8%, while Credit Suisse returns index reaches all-time high
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FSB adds ‘reach for yield’ to pension fund vulnerability list
Internal analysis, feedback from asset managers and others behind addition
