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Gilt yields – is the answer still 4%?
18 months ago we took a look at what was a reasonable yield for long-dated gilts. We concluded that a yield of perhaps around 4% was a fair assumption. Read our la…
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News on Pensions April 2015
In this month's News on Pensions we look at Budget 2015, VAT on Pension Costs, NAMES: Employer debt regulations, DWP: End of contracting out, a PPF update and other…
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Single Tier State Pension
First announced at the start of 2013, the proposed reform of the UK state pension system has been accelerated by the Government and is now due to take effect from …
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Deflation – Impact on DB scheme sponsors
The latest published inflation statistics show that inflation has now fallen below zero over the 12 months to March 2015 (as measured by CPI) and RPI falling to 0.9…
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How important is the ‘significant discovery’ of oil at Horse Hill
April was unusually interesting for the UK Oil and Gas industry. Shell announced success in their bid to acquire BG Group and UKOG announced ‘discovery’ of reserves…
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News on Pensions March 2015
In this month's News on Pensions we give an update on the High Court ruling on frozen schemes, DB to DC transfers,TPR's DC schemes flexibilities guide and pot-follo…
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Current Issues in Pensions Financial Reporting 31 March 2015
Our March 2015 Current Issues in Pensions Financial Reporting newsletter details the key financial assumptions required for determining pension liabilities under th…
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Pensions Update for Universities - Spring 2015
Pensions remain at the forefront of discussions, with changes to the USS, LGPS and TPS potentially resulting in universities conducting significant reviews of their…