IPE's United Kingdom Coverage – Page 251
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NewsNEST returns 7.6% in first half-year in service
Auto-enrolment fund collects £500,000 in assets, 100 employers and 850 members over period.
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UK roundup: House of Fraser, Mercer, Barnett Waddingham
Retailer House of Fraser closes DB pension scheme after deficit surges to £85m.
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Office of National Statistics estimates UK pension obligations at £7.1trn
£900bn in unfunded pension obligations amounts to 58% of GDP, report says.
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NewsITV loses appeal to block Box Clever from pensions hearing
Validity of FSD assessed next year, with Box Clever allowed to participate in hearing.
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NewsDeficit at BT pension scheme increases by one-third in Q3
Scheme hit by combination of low corporate bond yields, above-expectation inflation.
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Heineken rejects complaints over index-linked pensions at Scottish & Newcastle
Scottish MPs claim Dutch company ‘reneged’ on promises to provide RPI increases.
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NewsUniq completes £830m buy-in with Rothesay Life
Scheme, formerly sponsored by the sandwich maker, looks to ensure benefits as good as PPF payments.
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Central bank intervention did little to reverse pension deficits – Mercer
Consultancy says move was insufficient to reverse declines seen since October.
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UK government aims to curb 'excess' tax relief from contingent assets
Announcement welcomed for “additional certainty” of establishing clear guidelines.
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UK pensions watchdog defends separating Polestar from scheme
Pensions regulator had been heavily criticised for creation of ‘zombie’ scheme.
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UK: Policy pending
Over a year after the new government assumed office, Jonathan Williams examines whether a flood of new proposals has been beneficial or detrimental to the pensions industry
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UK: Proof in the pudding
Joanne Segars, of the NAPF, says there are flaws in the UK’s pensions policies. Jonathan Williams reports
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UK: Mind the gap, please!
Nina Röhrbein reports on private sector funds’ strategies to deal with funding shortfalls
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UK: Conservative approaches
Raj Mody finds that UK companies could be over-paying into defined benefit pension schemes by up to £5bn (€5.7bn) a year
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UK: The buyout market in 2011
Clive Wellsteed reviews the findings of LCP’s fourth annual report on the buyout market
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UK: PPF: Protector of the UK system
Nina Röhrbein assesses the Pension Protection Fund’s investment strategy
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UK: Not so gold plated
Brendan Maton considers the policy and operational challenges faced by local government pension funds – whose benefits are often described as ‘gold plated’
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UK: Risk takers
Nina Röhrbein outlines investment strategies of funds in the local government sector Reaching full funding is a concern to local authority pension funds. As the funding level for most larger local authority pension funds implies that a significant allocation to growth assets is required, there has been only a moderate ...
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UK: Bucking the governance trend
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Paul Myners, chairman and partner at Cevian Capital, and Harlan Zimmerman
