IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 224
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Unilever, Panasonic schemes turn to insurers amid favourable market conditions
Legal & General, Rothesay Life announce transactions for bulk annuities as market growth continues
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Affordability of DB schemes on the up at FTSE 350 companies
Hymans Robertson research on FTSE 350 firms shows improved funding and secruity despite yield fall
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Bernardino backs pensions stakeholder group amid merger concerns
EIOPA chairman personally backs separate pensions and insurance working groups in wake of Commission review
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UK pensions minister increases pressure with new measures on DC charges
Trustees to be forced to evaluate all charges and establish whether transaction costs deliver value for money
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UK roundup: USS, Universities UK, DWP, PPF
University body accused of using ‘dodgy’ figures as union negotiates over changes to USS benefits
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UK pensions reform: Can progression lead to regression?
Dalriada’s Chris Roberts wonders whether now is the best time for tinkering
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UK watchdog aiming to push guidance agenda, assert position in Europe
TPR chairman moves to ease fears arising from Budget reforms, DB funding code
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EIOPA's 'grandfathering' could see pension schemes exempt from HBS
Possibility of exempting accrued and accruing benefits from balance sheet approach could significantly reduce impact, says Aon Hewitt
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Westminster replaces BNY Mellon as custodian after joint tender with London fund
Westminster selects new custodian after joint tender with Hammersmith and Fulham, with mandate covering £1.7bn in assets
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UK pensions industry bemoans lack of clarity on DC reforms
NAPF chairman calls on government to clarify Budget announcement as April deadline approaches
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EIOPA balance sheet proposals 'in conflict' with UK approach to protection schemes
Lawyer says new HBS proposals causing ‘tension’ due to use of pension protection schemes to balance out existing deficits
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UK roundup: PPF deficits, Ofcom, Legal & General, Aon Hewitt
Aggregate deficit of UK DB schemes declines over September despite falling equity markets
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USS employers revise pension proposals as union continues strike ballot
Trade union, employer fail to see eye to eye on benefit reform at UK’s largest pension fund
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Industry welcomes 'pragmatic' HBS despite capital-requirement concerns
EIOPA congratulated for abandoning ‘one-size-fits-all’ proposals for sponsor support, as Towers Watson says HBS would be viable only after further IORP revision
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LGIM launches ‘delegated solutions’ as consultants debate market impact
L&G looks to keep assets within umbrella group with bridge offering between asset manager, bulk annuities division
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EIOPA offers up principles-based approach to sponsor support
Revised holistic balance sheet would allow for greater leniency, allowing for sponsors and protection schemes to close funding gaps
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UK roundup: NAPF, PMI, Newton IM, Cambridge, State Street
UK’s two representative organisations for pensions industry set to merge
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Melbourne Mercer deems Danish pension system best in world
Latest Melbourne Mercer report sees addition of four new European countries, with Finland seeing highest-ever score for pension integrity
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University of Glasgow to divest fully from fossil fuel industry
University becomes Europe’s first to disinvest fully from companies in industry
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The Jonathan Hill hearings: Eurocrats learn to laugh
Strangely for the usually staid European Parliament, Jonathan Hill’s second confirmation hearing began with a burst of laughter
