Corporate Consulting Articles

Barnett Waddingham’s 3rd Annual Survey shows significant improvement to FRS17 funding level of university schemes
April 2012
The average funding level of university pension schemes on the UK standard accounting basis, FRS17, improved significantly over the year to 31 July 2011 according to the 3rd annual survey of Universit...

Barnett Waddingham comments on the ASB UK Accounting final exposure draft
January 2012
Commenting on the final exposure draft on the future of UK Accounting issued by the Accounting Standard Board yesterday, which states companies will no longer be able to set the expected return on a s...

Barnett Waddingham appoints new Partner to strengthen Corporate Team
October 2011
Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s largest independent firm of actuaries, administrators and consultants, has strengthened its corporate team with the appointment of Andrew Vaughan as a partner. He will adv...

Barnett Waddingham on iTunes
August 2011
Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s largest independent firm of actuaries and consultants, has launched its own iTunes podcast page where they will upload their pensions training video podcasts. The short po...

FRS17 funding level of university schemes improved says Barnett Waddingham’s 2nd Annual Survey
April 2011
The average FRS17 funding level of university pension schemes has improved slightly between 2009 and 2010 according to the 2nd annual survey of University Self Administered Trusts (SATs) conducted by ...

Barnett Waddingham announces Pension Protection Fund seminars
March 2011
Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s leading independent firm of actuaries and consultants, has announced a series of free nationwide April seminars to improve understanding for employers and trustees of the ...

Barnett Waddingham announces pension accounting seminars for December 2010
November 2010
Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s leading independent firm of actuaries and consultants, has announced a series of free nationwide seminars to be held in December 2010. The changing market conditions of 20...

The Pension Regulator to talk at September seminars
August 2010
Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s leading independent firm of actuaries and consultants, has announced a series of nationwide seminars to be held in September 2010. The seminars will be of particular inter...

Pensions Update for Universities - Summer 2010
August 2010
In our first newsletter focused specifically on pensions issues encountered by Universities, we take a look at accounting assumptions, the recent guidance on member record-keeping, and high earner pen...

Accounting for Pensions Costs: Universities - July 2010
July 2010
This is our first annual survey of the assumptions adopted by UK universities for determining the value of their pension liabilities for accounting purposes. As well as participating in the Universiti...