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TPR’s 2018 funding statement - a risk management perspective
The Pensions Regulator released its 2018 annual funding statement, and once again risk management was high up its agenda. This is perhaps not surprising in light of…
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Exploring Southern Europe - UK subsidiary companies with DB pension schemes
We carried out a survey that relates to constituent companies of the Spanish IBEX and Italian FTSE MIB share indices that have UK subsidiary companies with defined …
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Growing demand – how well are you positioned?
The final transaction figures for 2017 confirmed total buy-in and buy-out business volumes have exceeded £10bn, with a combined market figure of £12.2bn for the yea…
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Six Scottish tax rates offer little source of relief
Recently, HMRC released papers that reference 'relief at source' and the 'Scottish rate of income tax'. Both interrelated with each other, we explore the changes an…
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Keeping the LGPS affordable and accessible through austerity
Investment pools have been given a target date of 1 April 2018 to be established formally. Melanie Durrant, of Public Sector Consulting, reports back from the LGC I…
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Saving lives – one report at a time…
Important and material information is easily lost in long, technical and “boring” actuarial reports. These are not only tedious to write, but cause report users to …
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Two economists - three opinions!
The current economic climate is causing economists to disagree wildly on the future. Head of Insurance, Scott Eason, reports from our Investment Conference.
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5 April looms - pensions and tax planning for high earners
The 31 January deadline for paying tax for 2016/17 has now passed. Senior staff now have to think ahead to the end of the current tax year, ending on 5 April 2018.
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The missing 'why' in trustee communication
Communications will end up unread in the bin unless they remember what they’re for and provide relevant information targeted to the intended audience, explains Dam…
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Are you leaving the lifetime allowance charge to chance?
The lifetime allowance (LTA) charge for pension savings is akin to picking that 'chance' card in a game of Monopoly. SSAS Client Manager, Lisa White asks: are you l…