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The defined benefit pension odyssey
DB pension plans are entering a new phase in their decades-long journey from valuable employee benefit to legacy financial arrangement.
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Financial wellbeing – fad or fundamental?
You may be considering whether your business should commit spend to a financial wellbeing strategy - can you be certain this will deliver value into the future or w…
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DB pensions white paper: setting objectives for charities
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) issued a White Paper earlier this year, explaining their proposals for increasing protections for defined benefit (DB) pe…
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The defined benefit odyssey
Defined benefit pension schemes are widely acknowledged to be in decline and entering an era of run-off. However as is often the case with pensions, the timeframe …
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Exploring Dutch Companies: how to improve your DB funding levels
With pension scheme deficits having the potential to significantly impact a company’s accounts, company directors should be considering ways to improve their UK DB …
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The ageing workforce: you can teach an old dog new tricks
Our research on wellbeing in the workplace, ‘The Wellbeing Agenda’, shows the top challenge for employers is the effect of the ageing workforce - but why is this ha…
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DWP consultation - an increased burden for companies?
The recent consultation published by the DWP is a blueprint for a new regulatory regime and a “clearer, quicker and tougher” Pensions Regulator. Andrew Vaughan, Par…
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Is automated processing ‘dumbing down’ administration?
Julie Walker, Associate, debates whether pension administration should prioritise people or processes.
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Digesting the Pensions White Paper for employers
In June we hosted early morning forums to look at the White Paper from an employer’s perspective and to consider the potential implications. Jane Ralph, Associate, …
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Scottish LGPS structure review: considerations and consequences
Malanie Durrant, provides some initial thoughts around the options put forward in the Scottish LGPS structure consultation and asks: what are some of the considerat…