All liabilities articles
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News
Pension funds foresee increased risk to assets and liabilities in 2025
77% of pension fund executives surveyed by Ortec Finance say they expect the coming year to bring an elevated risk profile
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News
Swiss corporate schemes under stress while risk of persistent low interest rates returns
Corporate schemes’ assets went up by 1.5%, partially offsetting increasing liabilities, but funding ratios fell to 120.9% in December 2024, from 121.1% in September 2024
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News
Germany’s AfD backs DC plans as party policies raise deindustrialisation fears
Supporting small companies remains ‘a central political matter’ to amplify the breadth of company pension schemes, the party claims
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TPT Investment Management launches LDI solution for DB schemes
Solution is designed to enable schemes to implement robust long-term funding strategies focused on their endgame objectives
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Analysis
Why pension buyout deals in Germany still struggle to take off
German companies are still reluctant to implement pension buyout projects, especially when it comes to large volumes of obligations, says PwC
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News
German actuaries back reform to set stable discount rates on pension liabilities
German Institute of Pension Actuaries believes a discount rate should reflect long-term inflation expectations and real interest rates
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CMI ignores mortality data for pandemic years
Continuous Mortality Investigation places no weight on the data for 2020 and 2021 in the core version of its 2023 Mortality Projections Model
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Lower rates overshadow further €500m transfer to Siemens Pensionsfonds
Liabilities increase to €1.5bn despite good returns due to lower rates
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Special Report
Risk transfer special report: Pension liabilities shift to insurers
New players are waiting to enter the UK pension risk transfer market but this will depend on how accommodating Solvency UK will be
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Special Report
AllianzGI partners with DBR to offer pension risk transfer
A new joint venture allows corporates to offload pension obligations to an innovative corporate structure
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News
German corporate pension funds see increased liabilities
Corporate pension obligations have already increased by around 17% at the end of 2023 compared with the previous year
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News
South Yorkshire pension fund delivers surplus of assets over liabilities
This is the first time South Yorkshire Pensions Authority delivered surplus of assets over liabilities since 1990s
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BT Pension Scheme signs £5bn longevity swap deal
The deal signed with Reinsurance Group of America will cover £5bn of BT pensioner liabilities
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News
DACH roundup: Swiss pension funds returns 4.6% in H1
Plus: WTW warns of liabilities for Swiss corporate schemes; GDV’s report on occupational schemes, insurers; Institutional investors back KKA Partners fund
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DACH roundup: BaFin approves Complementa’s advisory services in Germany
Plus: Pension liabilities of Swiss largest firms shoot up; German Pensionskassen free from additional guarantee reserves
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DACH roundup: WTW warns Swiss schemes to review asset managers, custodians after banking crisis
Plus: DWS starts coal phase-out; German pension funds invest in UN agriculture programme
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RSA Group completes £6.5bn buy-in deal with Pension Insurance Corporation
This makes it the largest ever bulk annuity transaction from pension schemes to insure
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Investment returns fail to match liabilities for 30% of Dutch pension funds – research
Small sector schemes score especially badly in the study performed by the new website overrendement.nl
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News
Arcadia Group in £850m buy-in deal with Aviva
Further work is being carried out to determine the future level of pension increases for members of the senior executives scheme
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Swiss corporate pension funding decline can lead to take recovery measures, says WTW
Rising discount rates, instead, had a positive impact on companies’ international balance sheets