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Harder, better, faster, stronger? TPR’s work will never be over
The Pensions Regulator looks set to get much busier in the future with a remit to use an expanded armoury on “the small number of employers evading their obligation…
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Member engagement – making it matter
Informed members make informed decisions - but effective engagement doesn’t just happen, it needs a well-defined strategy with clear understanding of where schemes …
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White paper: evolution not revolution
Following last year’s green paper, the Department for Work and Pensions published its long-anticipated white paper, ‘Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes’, gi…
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Pensions white paper: looking at long-term funding objectives
The Department for Work and Pensions published its white paper on Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes. Although not offering much in the way of new legislati…
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FDs - time to look at reducing the risk in your pension scheme?
Now is a good time for companies with June year-ends to consider how their pension scheme liabilities will affect their balance sheet - despite recent falls in equi…
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The DB pensions white paper - a handy summary for employers
The Government published its much anticipated white paper ‘Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes’ on Monday 19 March. Here we outline for employers the three m…
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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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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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Take control of your DB transfer strategy
Did you know that one of the most significant trends emerging for employers who sponsor a DB pension scheme, was the rise in transfer values paid out to scheme memb…
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Are transfer values cost effective for companies?
Our latest blog discusses and comments on defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) transfer values, including analysis of ACA survey results.