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NewsDiageo pension scheme to plug £860m deficit with whisky
UK/IRELAND – Drinks giant Diageo has announced its UK pension fund will tackle a £862m (€929m) deficit by investing in maturing whisky.
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NewsDiageo uses escrow funds to plug pensions deficit
[16:00 CEST 28-08] UK – Diageo, the drinks giant, is transferring money set aside in an escrow account into its closed defined benefit pension fund, in a bid to improve the scheme’s deficit.
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Diageo transfers shares to cut E1.1bn deficit
UK – Drinks firm Diageo has transferred four million shares in US cereal maker General Mills to its UK pension plan to help cut the scheme’s 750 million-pound (1.1 billion-euro) deficit.
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Diageo profits take E132m FRS17 hit
UK – Drinks group Diageo says the FRS17 pension accounting standard has led to an 88 million-pound (132 million-euro) lower operating profit.
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Diageo takes E136m pensions charge
UK – Drinks firm Diageo is to take a 95 million-pound (136.8 million euro) charge in relation to its 1.4 billion pound pension deficit.
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Diageo names new director of pensions
UK – Drinks company Diageo has named Michael Glasgow to replace Steve Mingle as director of pensions.
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Diageo keeps benefits flowing
Diageo’s £2.9bn defined benefit scheme comprises eight membership categories: three non-contributory sections (closed since 1988); two main contributory sections (Silver and Gold); and three executive sections (two contributory, one non-contributory). The scheme has a total of 70,700 members and is open to all permanent, temporary or casual employees of the ...
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Glasgow IM ousts MLIM at Diageo
UK – UK drinks company Diageo says it has appointed Glasgow Investment Mangers to run a 280 million pound (438.6 million euro) all-equity mandate, taking over from Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, though MLIM still retains a European equities mandate.
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Belgacom & Diageo among IPE award winners
EUROPEAN SPECIAL – Belgacom, the €3.5bn pension fund for the Belgian telecommunications group and the UK’s Diageo, the €5.2bn scheme of the global drinks firm, were heralded as the first ever European winners for Fund Structure and Administration at the inaugural IPE-Awards ceremony for pension fund excellence held in Brussels ...
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Drinks giant sacks Hewitt
[15:58 CET 26-11] UK – The €3.5bn pension fund sponsored by UK drinks group Diageo, producer of brands such as Guinness and Baileys, has appointed Hymans Robertson as its new investment consultant.
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