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TPR's revised funding code of practice
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has today published its revised code of practice on pension scheme funding. It’s good to see that TPR has made some real improvements …
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Government keeps cards close to its chest on CDC
Despite the lack of any real detail we welcome the Government’s commitment to CDC schemes alluded to within the Queen’s Speech today.
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PPFSM - will you win or lose?
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has today published a consultation setting out its plans for the next three levy years.
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Next splits pension fund to move from a buy-in to a buy-out
In 2010 and 2012, the Next Group Pension Plan completed buy-ins for its pensioner liabilities, our latest blog looks at how it then converted these buy-ins to a buy…
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Mark Carney’s warning to insurers
The governor of the Bank of England has highlighted the risks insurance companies could be exposing themselves to in the current macroeconomic environment.
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Three is the Magic Number
In this latest blog we look at how the FCA is using the science behind it to help them protect consumers against companies making unfair profit out of them.
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Skilled Persons Reviews: Looking into the crystal ball
In this blog, we present the activity of SPRs over 2013/14 and comment on what can be seen when looking into the crystal ball.
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Improved funding levels for Tranche 7 schemes
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its latest annual funding statistics for UK defined benefit and hybrid schemes, based on valuations submitted by Tranche …
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Bulk annuity transactions near £4.4bn in Q1
Our latest research shows UK insurers completed bulk annuity transactions totalling nearly £4.4bn in Q1 of 2014 more than 50% that the whole of 2013.
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PRA Supervisory Statements SS3/14 and SS4/14
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have published a supervisory statement discussing its approach to schemes of arrangements.