All articles by Alex Warnakulasuriya – Page 2
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News
Equity release levels hit 15-year high
Equity release deals over 2017 smashed the £3bn barrier for the first time, following £838m of lending in the final quarter of last year.
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NewsBT scheme to keep RPI amid bigger changes
The High Court has ruled in favour of the BT pension scheme trustees and denied BT the right to change the measure by which increases for its Section C scheme are calculated, but BT has said it is considering an appeal.
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Features
Is it time to return to equities?
Analysis: Investors are the most overweight in equities relative to government bonds since August 2014. Might pension schemes share in this bullish outlook on equities?
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News
Life expectancy falls by a year in some regions
Life expectancy growth in England is slowing, with some regions experiencing a drop of one year, according to research by Public Health England.
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FeaturesDelivering the ill health pension
Any other business: Illness is an unconventional path to a pension transfer. But for the thousands of employees every year rendered unable to work through sickness, surviving financially through the mercy of an early pension might make all the difference.
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NewsNotts expands local property investment
The £4.9bn Nottinghamshire County Council Pension Fund has increased its commitment to local property investment. The fund has added £10m to its local property fund and has expanded the geographical area where it will invest.
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CIDC schemes divide industry
Collective individual defined contribution schemes may be the only viable form of collective pension scheme in the short run, according to David Blake, director at the Pensions Institute, Cass Business School.
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NewsProspect members agree to BT pension deal
BT managers represented by union Prospect have voted in favour of a new pensions deal that will boost pay and aim to incentivise members of its defined benefit BT Pension Scheme to join the defined contribution BT Retirement Saving Scheme.
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Opinion
IORP II marks an underwhelming farewell from the EU
The EU’s new directive on pension funds will see schemes producing benefit statements on a yearly basis, while risk-management standards will be dragged up and borders broken down, but the overall impact will be limited.
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PASA selects members for Transfers Working Group
The Pensions Administration Standards Association has today announced the 23 members of its new Transfers Working Group, which aims to look closely at defined benefit transfer delays.
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FeaturesTPT assists banks with risk capital investment
Mastertrust TPT Retirement Solutions is investing in regulatory capital strategies, where the scheme provides risk capital for the loan books of banks. The trust is also making allocations to alternative risk premiums.
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News
From trees to manager fees: Top 5 investment stories from 2017
Year in review: Innovation characterised investment headlines in 2017, as schemes and members demanded more sophisticated approaches to pension investment.
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News
PPF: DB funding levels highest since 2014
Defined benefit scheme funding levels have passed 90 per cent on a s179 basis for the first time since March 2014, according to the latest edition of the Purple Book.
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All FTSE 350 DB schemes could be closed in 10 years
New research predicts that all defined benefit schemes of companies in the FTSE 350 index are likely to be closed to future benefit accrual within 10 years.
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DB advisers could be sued over climate change risk
Defined benefit investment consultants and actuaries may be legally bound to advise on material climate change risk, according to new research.
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News
Lower rise in life expectancy no cure for schemes
After years of steady increases, improvement in life expectancy dropped to 1 per cent a year in 2016 from 3.1 per cent per year in 2011 in England and Wales, but low discount rates mean the rises still matter.
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NewsMPs launch inquiry into CDC
The Work and Pensions Committee has begun an inquiry into collective defined contribution schemes, but experts remain unconvinced of European-style risk-sharing, highlighting intergenerational and moral hazard risks.
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NewsGovernment pushes for patient capital in Autumn Budget
Autumn Budget 2017: Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond stated the government’s desire to see pension funds invest in patient capital as part of its Autumn Budget.
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NewsWorker status at centre of draft bill on gig economy
The Work and Pensions Committee and the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee have published a draft bill and a report on workers’ rights and the gig economy.
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Features
Islington weighs up equity protection strategies
The London Borough of Islington Pension Fund is assessing three equity protection strategies as part of its ongoing investment strategy update.