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NewsIsio seals Deloitte UK pensions business deal
Isio Group has completed its acquisition of Deloitte Total Reward and Benefits, the UK pensions advisory business of Deloitte LLP, following FCA approval.
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NewsSappi UK scheme completes full £150mn buy-in
On the go: The Sappi UK Pension Scheme has completed a full £150mn buy-in with Phoenix Group subsidiary Standard Life.
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NewsDorset Pension Fund hit by audit delays
On the go: The Dorset Pension Fund is still waiting to receive its audit report covering its 2020-21 period from Deloitte, in a delay that is hampering audit sign-offs in wider local government.
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NewsDeloitte’s new fund eyes sustainable options, BlackRock adds ESG exclusions
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, with Deloitte introducing a new default pension fund that puts the focus on sustainability, and BlackRock announcing ESG exclusions across five strategies within its authorised contractual scheme fund range.
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Carlsberg DB scheme to be absorbed into newly formed brewery
On the go: Carlsberg will remain the sole sponsor of its UK defined benefit pension scheme after it is absorbed into a joint venture with fellow beer producer Marston’s.
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PPF creates panel to support trustees with stressed sponsors
On the go: The Pension Protection Fund has established a new panel to support trustees where the scheme’s employer is in stressed or distressed circumstances.
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Deloitte considers pension contribution cut
On the go: Accountancy firm Deloitte is proposing to cut the employer pension contribution for its UK staff in an attempt to cut costs amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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FeaturesCounting the cost of coronavirus
Counting the costof coronavirus Coronavirus and the market volatility that has greeted it has dealt a triple blow to defined benefit schemes - damaging asset values, causing wild swings in liabilities, and weakening sponsor covenant. Pensions Expert looks at which sectors will be worst hit, and what trustees can do ...
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Clara eyes Q2 transaction after consultation delays clearance
Commercial consolidator Clara Pensions expects to complete its first transaction within the next three months, according to the company’s founder and chief executive officer Adam Saron.
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Government fires ‘starting gun’ on superfund deals
A government consultation published last week will allow the UK’s commercial defined benefit consolidators to press ahead with their first deals, it has been claimed, although some experts say questions remain over how the businesses can be prudently regulated.
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Opinion
Should shareholder distribution take a back seat to deficits?
Chris Sier is halfway through an imperious display at day one of the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry into pensions cost transparency.
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Do savers really want access to CDC schemes?
Collective defined contribution looks closer than ever to becoming a reality, but some experts still doubt whether those planning for their retirement even want the product.
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NewsFines for DB negligence leave industry split
Employers who wilfully or recklessly put their defined benefit pension schemes at risk are in the firing line of new punitive fines announced in a government policy statement released on Monday.
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Field: Big four audit firms 'feasting on Carillion carcass'
The Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into the collapse of outsourcer Carillion has turned its scrutiny on the 'big four' professional services companies, and has published the consultancies' responses to queries about their involvement.
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Opinion
Are the days of the lay trustee numbered?
Pensions Expert 20th Anniversary: For all that is made of the asymmetry of knowledge in the trust-based pension system, anecdotes abound of times when lay trustees have proved their worth.
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DB white paper will be published in winter
The Department for Work and Pensions will consider giving further “proactive” powers to the Pensions Regulator and examine the case for consolidation, in a long-awaited white paper on defined benefit to be published in the winter.
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NewsPensions slip down the agenda after election
If Theresa May’s Conservatives succeed in forming a lasting government, their immediate policy concerns regarding pensions are unlikely to change.
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Lawyer survey highlights lack of clearance sought from regulator
Just 21 per cent of pensions and restructuring lawyers normally suggest that clients go through the Pensions Regulator’s clearing process, reflecting a similar decrease in clearance applications submitted.
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OpinionIRM: Nouvelle cuisine or sing a song of sixpence?
Integrated risk management is a tool that was designed to help trustees identify and manage the factors that influence the prospects of a pension scheme meeting its objectives.