All LCP articles – Page 6
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NewsConsultants call for TPR 'clarity', 'pragmatism' given virus impacts
Estimated £40bn increase in FTSE 350 scheme deficits so far in Q1
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NewsIrish regulator announces pension scheme engagement programme
It will help the regulator assess a scheme’s governance standards and how these may affect good member outcomes
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NewsPeople moves: New director at LPGS Central, Mercer re-hires commercial leader
LGPS Central, Mercer, Robeco, Kempen, Federated Hermes, Just Group, ABP, Hymans Robertson, P+, Capital Cranfield, Eaton Vance, BPPG, AEW, PFA, ICI, BMO GAM, PTL, Nuveen, WTW, ATP
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NewsPeople moves: Former UK pensions minister joins LCP
LCP, LOIM, PASA, PTL, Asset Management Exchange, APG, GAM, PostNL, Danica Pension, Achmea, Morningstar, Kempen, Patrizia, Schroders, Man Group, BlueBay, AXA IM, AFM
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NewsNetherlands roundup: NIBC eyes alternatives for scheme
Plus: LCP survey shows Dutch schemes return 4.9% in third quarter
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News2020 outlook roundup: Mercer expects global economy to recover
Plus: LCP predicts annual volumes of £30bn in de-risking market
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NewsUK consultants flag up divergent IAS19 practice over inflation, mortality assumptions
‘The big issue to watch for is whether companies reduce the assumed gap between RPI and CPI for this year end’
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NewsASR adds variable pension to its DC offer
Insurer to use three-year return average to smooth benefits drawdown plan
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NewsInflation measure changes could shift pension funding by up to 10%
Consultancy says prospective new measure could be 1% a year less than current RPI
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NewsPLSA devises 3-level retirement living standards to engage savers
Industry group wants schemes representing 90% of active savers to adopt standards by 2025
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NewsReport calls for more schemes to promote partial transfer option
Greater access to partial transfers could be in the interest of members, financial advisers and schemes, according to Royal London and LCP
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NewsTate & Lyle agrees £930m buy-in with L&G
The food and beverage company has now insured its entire £1.2bn pension scheme with Legal & General, covering 6,700 members
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NewsLCP questions high performance fees paid by ailing Dutch schemes
ABP and PFZW paid out €1.4bn in performance fees over five years – but could still cut pension payments
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NewsDe-risking deals totalled £17.6bn in H1: LCP
Legal & General and Pension Insurance Corporation dominated the market for buy-ins and buyouts in the first six months of 2019, and the total for the full year is set to be a record
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NewsActive global equity fees have dropped 11% since 2017: LCP
Investors now pay more for credit and liability-driven investment managers than for equity managers, consultancy’s fee survey reports
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NewsTobacco giant seals £3.4bn pension de-risking deal with PIC
Transaction accounts for the bulk of British American Tobacco’s UK DB pension fund, and is Pension Insurance Corporation’s biggest deal to date
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NewsUK regulator seeks to stem flow of exits from DB schemes
Financial Conduct Authority says too much financial advice related to transfers is ‘still not of an acceptable standard’
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NewsStudy highlights imbalance between dividends and pension payments
LCP found that FTSE 100 companies paid £90bn to shareholders and just £13bn to pension funds in 2018
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NewsMarks & Spencer strikes fresh buy-ins worth £1.4bn with PIC, Phoenix
The UK high street chain has now insured ‘approximately two thirds’ of its pensioner liabilities to reduce exposure to longevity changes and other risks
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NewsLCP: Dutch schemes lost 1.2% on average in 2018
Results contrast sharply with 5.7% average result from 2017
