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  • News

    Deutsche Bank Pension Scheme completes buy-in

    2021-02-16T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The £4.5bn Deutsche Bank (UK) Pension Scheme has entered into a buy-in agreement with Legal & General Retirement Institutional.

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    Schemes still lagging in fight against cyber crime

    2021-02-12T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Three in five schemes now have a cyber strategy and 75 per cent of trustees have some degree of training on cyber risks, according to Aon’s most recent cyber scorecard.

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    DB schemes can be severely impacted by Libor closure

    2021-02-11T00:00:00Z

    The end of the London interbank offered rate at the end of this year is expected to have huge consequences for defined benefit schemes, which historically have been using it for different asset class investments and even for managers’ benchmarks.

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    Nine out of 10 DC savers expect retirement shortfall

    2021-02-04T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Almost 90 per cent of defined contribution scheme members expect a shortfall in retirement income based on current provision, while almost a quarter of people think they will never be able to retire, according to the latest edition of Aon’s DC member survey.

  • News

    Guide launched to assess investment consultants’ climate competence

    2021-01-29T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group has launched a guide to help trustees in assessing their investment consultants on climate competency.

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    M&A and new regulations to create upheaval in advisory market

    2021-01-25T00:00:00Z

    M&A and new regulationsto create upheaval inadvisory marketThis year could see the biggest shake-up in advisory services in a decade with the merger of Aon and Willis Towers Watson expected to be finalised by June 30.Enterkeywords.sh_embed {position: relative;height: auto;width:100%;z-index: 0;overflow: hidden;background-color: #222;color: white;font-family: 'Lato', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;}.sh_embed * ...

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    Evonik schemes strike bulk annuity deal with L&G

    2021-01-20T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Chemical company Evonik UK has concluded a £544m full buy-in for four of its UK pension schemes with Legal & General.

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    Marie Curie scheme completes £30m buy-in

    2021-01-14T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The £30.8m Marie Curie Cancer Care Pension Scheme has agreed a full-scheme bulk annuity transaction worth around £30m with Legal & General. 

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    Bulk annuities growth dependent on ‘jumbo’ deals and consolidators

    2021-01-04T00:00:00Z

    On the go: While the UK bulk annuity market is expected to continue to thrive in 2021, its significant growth will depend on ‘jumbo’ deals and on the development of the consolidators’ market, according to Aon.

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    Aftershocks from 2020 could see wave of DB scheme closures

    2020-12-16T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The events of 2020, combined with exacerbating longer-term trends, could spark a wave of benefit reviews by UK companies, which in turn could result in a large number of defined benefit schemes closing in 2021, according to a new report by Aon.

  • News

    Aon Retirement Plan completes £510m buy-in

    2020-12-15T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The Aon Bain Hogg Pension Scheme section of the Aon Retirement Plan has completed a £510m pensioner buy-in with Scottish Widows.

  • News

    National Grid scheme completes £800m buy-in

    2020-12-09T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The National Grid UK Pension Scheme has completed a buy-in transaction with Rothesay Life, worth around £800m.

  • News

    Podcast: Industry needs to work together to sort out GMPs

    2020-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Podcast: As schemes might struggle to find information about members who are due top-ups to past transfers due to guaranteed minimum pensions equalisation, the industry is being called on to work together and help close those data gaps. Lynda Whitney, partner at Aon, and David Brooks, technical director at Broadstone, discuss what lies ahead for trustees and administrators as they try to digest the latest High Court ruling in this area.

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    GMP ruling implementation will be ‘Herculean’ task for schemes

    2020-11-20T00:00:00Z

    A ruling on guaranteed minimum pension equalisation will see trustees having to revisit 30 years of pension transfers, which will be a “Herculean” task for administration teams amid missing data and poorly kept records.

  • News

    Smiths Group completes £146m buy-in with Canada Life

    2020-11-16T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The engineering company has secured a £146m bulk annuity deal with Canada Life for the Smiths Industries Pension Scheme.

  • Podcasts

    Podcast: Regulatory uncertainty puts workforce reform at risk

    2020-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Podcast:The apparent contradiction between the Treasury’s new exit payment cap and existing Local Government Pension Scheme regulations risks limiting employers’ ability to restructure their workforce, warns Alison Murray, partner and head of public sector actuarial at Aon. She is joined by Linklaters counsel Anna Taylor, in a conversation also covering a new responsible investment bill and a proposed solution to the Section 75 problem.

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    BT Pension Scheme sets ambitious 2035 net-zero goal

    2020-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The UK’s largest private sector pension scheme now aims to be one of the greenest, with a new goal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 across its £55bn portfolio.

  • News

    Aon warns USS consultation could confuse employers

    2020-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Aon has warned that the consultation document presented by the trustee of the Universities Superannuation Scheme will be of only limited use to employers, and may leave some unable to make vital decisions.

  • News

    Smiths Group completes £142m buy-in with Aviva

    2020-09-24T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Smiths Group, an industrial technology company, has completed a £142m buy-in transaction with Aviva for the TI Group Pension Scheme.

  • News

    Barclays Bank coughs up £750m in unusual DRC move

    2020-09-18T00:00:00Z

    In an unusual arrangement, Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund’s deficit recovery plan remains on track through a self-investment, as the scheme subscribed to a £750m bond issued by an entity of the banking group.