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PATHways 52
Our Pension Administration Technical Help highlights pensions news and legislation that has particular interest to what we do in Pension Administration.
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New Pension Flexibilities
From 6 April 2015 individuals have greater flexibility over how they access their DC pension arrangements. They are now able to take all of their pension savings as…
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Current Pensions Issues Spring 2015
Our most recent quarterly newsletter on current and topical pensions issues includes Budget 2015, DB to DC transfers and pension freedoms, VAT on pension costs and …
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Spotlight on Longevity April 2015: Smoking habits - the impact on mortality improvements
The adverse impact of smoking on life expectancy has been widely-recognised for many years. Our analysis suggests that around 20% of the observed improvements in UK…
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PATHways 51
Our Pension Administration Technical Help highlights pensions news and legislation that has particular interest to what we do in Pension Administration.
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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…