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Blog
New state pension will not provide you with a comfortable retirement on its own
Speaking at our Pensions Outlook Seminar today, Malcolm McLean said it was important for both advisers and individuals not to over-estimate the value of the new sta…
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Blog
Quenching your thirst for guidance on unit linked funds
Millions of UK consumers have invested over £900bn in united linked funds and this number is on the rise. Our latest blog looks at the ABI good practice guidelines.
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Blog
FTSE100 survey reveals first increase in pensions discount rate since 2008
Our annual survey of pension disclosures made by FTSE100 companies has revealed that the average IAS19 discount rate for pension obligations has increased by 0.1 pe…
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Research
Accounting for Pension Costs Survey 31 December 2013
Our thirteenth annual survey of the assumptions adopted by FTSE100 companies for determining the value of their pension liabilities for accounting ...
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Case Study
New scheme to fulfil auto-enrolment duties
United Response is a top 100 UK charity which needed a new workplace scheme to fulfil its auto-enrolment duties. We helped guide the charity through the challenges…
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Case Study
Support with funding to a multinational company
Our work involved providing support to a multinational company which acquired a UK operation with a large (>£3bn) DB scheme several years ago through a historic tra…
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Case Study
Significant refinancing of debt
A UK company was seeking to carry out a significant refinancing of its debt (> £0.5bn) with a number of lending parties.
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Case Study
Short notice due diligence
Our client is a major overseas multinational company who were considering the acquisition of a FTSE100 company with significant defined benefit pension obligations …
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Briefing
Pensions News for Employers – Summer 2014
Our latest edition of Pensions News for Employers includes Budget 2014 – DC flexibility raises significant issues for DB schemes and PPF consults on levy changes, i…
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Blog
1,000 more pages to add to your summer reading
On 2 June 2014, EIOPA invited comments on the public consultation of Set 1 (of 2) of the Solvency II Guidelines. Our lastest blog looks at the consutlation papers …