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Pensions industry
Members of Debenhams pension plan to have their benefits restored
...The Debenhams deal has been made possible largely thanks to a substantial recent improvement in funding positions for defined benefit pension schemes, which promise members a pension for life — typically...
March 14, 2024
UK financial regulation
Treasury faces FCA resistance over UK pension disclosure drive
...Industry-level aggregate data from the Pension Protection Fund shows that UK defined benefit pension plans invested 10 per cent of their equity allocations into domestic listed companies in 2022, down from...
February 29, 2024
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Pensions industry
UK pension trustees raise alarm on transferring risks offshore
...These “buyouts” — of pension plans and the assets backing them — are regarded as the gold standard for safeguarding benefits....
February 4, 2024
Ian Smith
Nationwide deal shows UK mutuals are back on the front foot
...Royal London, the life insurer which had its own role in the events at LV, earlier this month said it would enter the corporate pensions market, where companies offload their defined benefit pension schemes...
March 18, 2024
Workplace pensions
UK Treasury set for £100mn windfall from nationalised banks’ pension funds
...Both pension schemes are defined benefit plans, which pay a secure pension dependent on length of service, salary and age....
October 21, 2023
Pensions industry
UK pension rules risk ‘finishing off’ remaining defined-benefit plans, MPs warn
...The House of Commons work and pensions committee said on Tuesday that just 4 per cent of the 5,100 defined-benefit pension schemes in the private sector were open to new joiners last year, down from 11 per...
March 26, 2024
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News in-depthPensions industry
Larry Fink’s retirement warning highlights fight over ‘hardest problem in finance’
...The $38tn US retirement system is one of the world’s largest, and US employers were among the first to shift from defined benefit pensions to defined contribution plans....
March 29, 2024
Final salary schemes
Ministers set out plans to ease access to UK pension scheme surpluses
...The proposals come after the funding positions of defined benefit retirement plans have improved significantly over the past 18 months due to rising interest rates making it cheaper for the schemes to meet...
February 23, 2024
Brooke Masters
Could a US pensions revolution be on the cards?
...workers, who tend to have defined benefit plans, cite pensions as a key reason they stay on the job....
February 21, 2024
Pensions industry
Poorly performing UK pension plans to face ban on new members
...So-called defined benefit pension funds are already subject to disclosure requirements on their asset allocation....
March 2, 2024
Markets InsightToby Nangle
Public service pensions are the elephant in the room
...The contrast between the defined contribution schemes of private companies and the inflation-linked defined benefit schemes of the public sector has become increasingly stark....
February 23, 2024
Pensions industry
BP to book $700mn windfall due to pension tax changes
...The pension tax change is expected to be closely watched by other corporate sponsors of “defined benefit” plans against the backdrop of much-improved funding positions....
February 10, 2024
UK politics
UK’s largest private sector pension fund cautions ministers on reform
...The proposals include a requirement for defined contribution pension schemes to disclose from 2027 how much they invest in the UK....
March 3, 2024
Pensions crisis
UK pension funds lost £425bn in year of bond market crisis
...The regulator estimated that the combined value of assets for 5,100 company defined benefit plans fell by around £425bn over 2022, from £1.79tn to £1.36tn — equivalent to a 24 per cent drop....
February 8, 2024
News in-depthPensions industry
UK pension funds snap up real estate at steep discounts
...Portfolios of private assets are being dumped by so-called defined benefit pension schemes — funds offering members a set amount in retirement — as they try to prepare themselves for a buyout by an insurance...
March 19, 2024
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Pensions industry
Savers at risk from UK’s pension ‘pot for life’ plan, industry leaders warn
...“Many defined contribution scheme members lack the financial education and confidence to choose their own pension provider....
January 24, 2024
Moira O'Neill
Pensions: to crystallise or not to crystallise, that is the question
...After that date there are some changes to pension death benefits which you may want to avoid by doing the crystallisation before then....
March 1, 2024
Workplace pensions
Thousands of UK pension schemes to benefit from levy cut
...The Pension Protection Fund announced on Thursday that the levy it collects from eligible “defined benefit” schemes to help cover compensation payments to members of failed company retirement plans will...
December 14, 2023
LexWorkplace pensions
UK pensions: right to choose could be a lose-lose for the City Premium content
...But their job-hopping is causing a headache in the pensions market. Britons are jointly collecting tens of millions of defined contribution pension pots....
November 21, 2023
ExplainerUK economy
Can Jeremy Hunt deliver on his pension reforms?
...Another potential plan was for employers to be given easier access to defined benefit pension fund surpluses to encourage schemes to invest in riskier assets that could help boost the economy....
November 9, 2023
Fund management
US pension funds worth $1.5tn add risk through leverage
...The growing reliance on illiquid assets has also introduced new challenges in terms of cash flow for defined benefit style funds, such as Calstrs and others public retirement systems, which must pay regular...
January 20, 2024
UK politics
Labour vows pensions review in effort to boost funding for UK growth
...This would range from private sector defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit schemes to local authority pensions....
November 13, 2023
UK politics
Pension Protection Fund pushes for new remit to boost UK investment
...Currently, the PPF has a remit only to compensate members of failed private sector “defined benefit” pension plans, of which there are 5,200 in the UK, with about 10mn members....
September 5, 2023
Autumn Statement
Town hall pension schemes to be asked to double riskier asset allocations
...Another proposal in the Autumn Statement aims to make it easier for employers to access surpluses built up in thousands of well-funded defined benefit (DB) “final salary” style pension plans....
November 22, 2023
Pensions industry
Jeremy Hunt to unveil expanded role for UK’s pensions lifeboat fund
...The £33bn PPF was established in 2005 to rescue defined benefit pension plans in the event of the sponsoring employer collapsing and to ensure members continue to receive retirement benefits....
November 16, 2023

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