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PensCorp secures Telent deal
[14:00 CET 16-11] UK - Edmund Truell's Pension Corporation has finally managed to secure a deal to buy the former Marconi pension fund for £398m (€570m).
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Telent solution 'achievable', says PensCorp
[16:00 CET 20-11] UK – Pension buyout firm Pension Corporation expects a resolution with the UK's Pension Regulator (TPR) in its feud over Telent, following last week's unconditional offer for the telecoms firm.
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Pension Corp delays Telent bid
[16:00 CEST 25-10] UK – Pensions Insurance Corporation (PIC) has secured a seven-day extension to its bid to acquire telecoms group Telent and its £3bn (€4.3bn) pension scheme.
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UK roundup - Essex, Strathclyde, Equitable Life and Telent
[16:00 CET 25-11] UK – Essex County Council is re-tendering the contract for investment consultants to its pension fund, while Strathclyde is tendering three property mandates.
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Pension Corp demands Telent trustees' exit
[16:45 CET 09-11] UK - Pensions Insurance Corporation (PIC) has threatened to lapse its offer on telecoms group Telent, unless the regulator removes the independent trustees it appointed to Telent's £3bn (€4.3bn) pension fund last month.
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UK regulator appoints trustees to Telent scheme
[12:30 CEST 22-10] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) on Friday appointed three independent trustees to the Telent pension scheme, which is to be bought by Edmund Truell’s Pensions Corporation.
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Pensions Corporation buys out Telent shell
[14:30 CEST 25-09] UK – Edmund Truell’s Pension Corporation has agreed a £400m (€570.5m) takeover bid with Telent plc, the UK telecoms equipment making arm of the Marconi group.
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Technology company seals record £4.7bn buyout with Rothesay
The GEC 1972 Plan will be insured through a buy-in before transferring to a full buyout ‘before the end of 2022’
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UK pension funds launch Pensions Governance Index
UK – Royal Mail, Telent and SAUL team up with Russell Investments.
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Co-op pension scheme insures more liabilities as PIC deal disclosed
Deal mirrors that of de-risking transaction with Aviva announced last month
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Bulk annuities market nears £35bn as Asda strikes £3.8bn deal
Full scheme buy-in expected to be followed by a buy-out
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UK pension fund invests in Scottish roads through listed project bonds
Telent scheme commits to Allianz GI infrastructure debt platform, finances construction of motorway links in central Scotland
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National Grid UK pension scheme seals £2.8bn buy-in
Transaction is the third large pension deal with Rothesay Life to have been announced within the last two weeks
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Rothesay breaks another record with £3.8bn buy-in
The deal secures benefits for 27,000 former employees of UK drinks company Allied Domecq’s DB scheme, and is the biggest buy-in to cover both retired and deferred members
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UK commercial DB consolidator 'superfund' loses CEO, financial backer [updated]
Changes announced six months after The Pension SuperFund was launched
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Longevity & risk transfer: A booming market
Consultants expect high growth in UK pension risk transfers to continue after last year’s record figures
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Gresham House: Network effects
Gresham House CEO Tony Dalwood is fundraising for a UK housing and infrastructure fund, and has the LGPS in his sights
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Allianz Global Investors buys UK road project bonds
Infrastructure deal in Northern Ireland follows Scottish bonds purchase
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Pension Corporation agrees to TPR approval
[15:30 CEST 14-04] UK – Pension Corporation has agreed to abide by a proposal from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) stating it will not appoint a member of the firm as a trustee of the Telent pension scheme, without first gaining approval from the Regulator.
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Governance structure among UK pension funds' top concerns – survey
Russell survey finds that 70% of larger schemes in process of changing structure