IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 248
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News
UK Coal funds to enter Pension Protection Fund after restructuring
UK – Agreement will see UK lifeboat scheme receive payments from new company.
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PPF benefit cap changes to add £140m to levy
UK – Increased cost, estimated through 2030, to be borne by those paying lifeboat scheme’s levy.
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Pension Protection Fund 'big enough' to accommodate UK Coal liabilities
UK – UK Coal in talks with creditors following forced closure of major mine in March.
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UK lifeboat scheme to amend benefit cap for long-time workers
UK – Government announces change to benefit cap for workers contributing over 20 years to same scheme.
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London council proposes collective vehicle as merger alternative
UK – Retaining status quo of individual management ‘not viable alternative’ to mergers.
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NewsMorgan Stanley predicts increased BT deficit, de-rates shares
UK – Broker predicts pension deficit of UK company to top £6bn in forthcoming annual results.
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NewsBerkshire rejects disclosure of council tax data in pension scheme funding
UK – Percentage of council taxes used in local pensions a 'meaningless statistic', county says.
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NewsActuaries enabling LGPS to 'postpone' funding decisions
UK – Local authorities putting off tough deficit decisions, Pensions Institute warns.
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UK Pension Protection Fund to maintain levy payments at current rate
UK – Lifeboat scheme responds to industry concerns that 25% increase would be unsustainable.
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NewsDeficit at Universities Superannuation Scheme balloons to £9.8bn
UK – Funding ratio at pension fund drops from 92% in 2011 to just 77%.
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NewsMNOPF debates complete buyout and winding down of fund's Old Section
UK – Buyout could be completed by autumn, fund tells members in letter seen by IPE.
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Country Report
UK: The third way
Nearly two decades after Tony Blair espoused a ‘third way’ in UK politics, the current government is in favour of a defined ambition approach in occupational pensions that would combine elements of DB and DC. Jonathan Williams asks whether the industry wants it
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UK: Reassurance needed, not insurance
As longevity improves and fewer people are saving for pensions, Malcolm McLean argues for the industry to rebuild confidence
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UK: Super trusts – how they work
Gail Moss takes the NAPF’s super trust idea and runs an international comparison
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UK: Questions remain
With auto-enrolment just a few months away, Pádraig Floyd assesses the future shape of DC pensions
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UK: How to aim for the impossible
Rudyard Ekindi, director at NEST, discusses how the scheme hopes to achieve long-term and strong performance
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UK: Challenges ahead
Pete Drewienkiewicz outlines the broader range of tools available to pension funds to hedge liability risk
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UK: Contributions and deficits to increase
Nick Bunch reviews the findings of LCP’s nineteenth annual report on the UK’s defined benefit landscape
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UK: Trustee power
Matthew Claisse and Lorant Porkolab highlight important new proposals regarding the powers of pension fund trustees in corporate transactions
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UK: Bucking the trend
Jonathan Williams reviews the Strathclyde Pension Fund, a defined benefit scheme which is still open to new members as well as net cashflow positive.
