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Applying EIOPA’s Preparatory guidelines: FLAOR
2013 saw confirmation that Solvency II will become reality from 1 January 2016. Here we focus on the guidelines surrounding the FLAOR, outlining what these mean for…
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Applying EIOPA’s preparatory guidelines
One of our New Year’s resolutions was to publish a series of blogs on the areas in the PRA’s supervisory statement. Here we set out what the guidelines are, what fi…
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Briefing
CDC - sharing risks between members
Collective Defined Contribution was put forward as one of the options in the November 2013 DWP consultation paper ’Reshaping workplace pensions for future generatio…
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Closed Pension Schemes
Pension schemes which have been closed to new members or to new benefit accrual bring many challenges for their trustees.
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Omnibus II: 3 years late and 6th time lucky!
What has happened? The Omnibus II directive is an amendment to the 2009 Solvency II directive. Over three years since the original draft was publis...
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Briefing
Spotlight on Longevity March 2014: Mortality improvements for insurance and pensioner portfolios
We analyse historical mortality improvements for pension schemes and the general population and find that recent improvements have been higher for pension schemes.
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Briefing
PATHways 38
The latest edition looks at Budget 2014, cessation of contracting-out, publication of The Pensions Regulator and the FCA joint regulatory guide, and auto-enrolment …
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Briefing
News on Pensions February 2014
In this month's edition we look at HMRC: VAT on investment manager fees, Cap on management fees delayed and DWP news.
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Cyber Crime - Part 2
Cyber crime impacts everyone as more and more new technologies emerge. It is invasive and contaminates both the personal and corporate world.
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Malcolm McLean comments on the government defeat in Lords on Pension Bill
Commenting on the news today that the government has suffered a defeat in the Lords over its proposed reform of the state pension system, Malcolm M...