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    £6bn swap shows insurers’ appetite for longevity risk

    2021-04-28T00:00:00Z

    On the go: A £6bn longevity swap by an unnamed UK pension scheme and the Prudential Insurance Company of America suggests that insurers’ appetite for longevity risk has not diminished, despite the uncertainty around the long-term impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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    Cloud-based data recovery service wins industry praise

    2021-04-16T00:00:00Z

    A new cloud-based service promising independent data backup facilities for pension schemes has won praise from industry experts, who hailed it as an “innovative solution” to the rare but worrisome prospect of administrator failure.

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    Association of British Insurers completes £26m buy-in

    2021-04-07T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The Association of British Insurers Pension & Assurance Scheme has completed a £26m buy-in with Aviva. 

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    Shepherd Foods completes £3m buyout with Aviva

    2021-04-06T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The Shepherd Foods (London) Limited defined benefit pension scheme has completed a £3m buyout with Aviva Group.

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    General Motors completes £53m bulk annuity deal

    2021-03-25T00:00:00Z

    On the go: General Motors' Vauxhall Associated Companies Pension Fund has completed a £53m bulk annuity purchase with Aviva.

  • News

    Pensions dashboards’ 2023 target ‘under threat’

    2021-03-19T00:00:00Z

    The target date of 2023 for the introduction of the pensions dashboards is under threat from a lack of clarity in several key areas, the Society of Pension Professionals has warned.

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    FCA rules could hit DB transfer market winners hard

    2021-03-15T00:00:00Z

    On the go: More than a third (37.5 per cent) of the defined benefit transfer market was advised by just three firms in 2020, as St James’s Place, Royal London and AJ Bell increased their market share “dramatically”, according to a report from LCP.

  • News

    West Ferry Printers scheme completes £120m buy-in

    2021-03-01T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The West Ferry Printers Pension Scheme has completed a £120m buy-in transaction with Rothesay Life, securing the benefits for the remaining 263 members of the scheme. 

  • News

    Post-Brexit Solvency II reform an opportunity to free up capital

    2021-02-23T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Brexit affords the UK an opportunity to revisit and reform Solvency II legislation, freeing up capital that can then be used to further the post-Covid economic recovery.

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    Trustees facing up to 50% liability insurance premium hike

    2021-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Trustees facing up to 50% liability insurance premium hike Cost of dealing with claims and new legislationis forcing insurers to increase premiums 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 * {-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}.sh_embed .sh-embed-bg {position: absolute;width: 110%;height: 110%;top: -5%;left: -5%;z-index: -1;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.8);}.sh_embed ...

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    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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    DB schemes to see £1tn of liabilities insured by 2031

    2021-02-11T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Defined benefit schemes are expected to see £1tn of risk insured by buy-ins, buyouts and longevity swaps by the end of 2031, according to new analysis.

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    Hundreds of schemes to move to surplus under PPF’s proposals

    2021-02-04T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Some 261 defined benefit schemes are expected to move from deficit to surplus under new proposals to change actuarial assumptions used by the Pension Protection Fund.

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    How schemes can navigate the post-Covid recovery

    2021-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Defined benefit schemes should use the post-Covid recovery to conduct a thorough postmortem of the effects of 2020’s events on their portfolios and strategies, according to Barnett Waddingham.

  • Podcasts

    Podcast: New powers in Pension Schemes Act could cause bankruptcies

    2021-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Podcast: New criminal provisions in the Pension Schemes Act are so broadly drafted that they could strangle legitimate business activity, potentially resulting in unnecessary bankruptcies. So says Arc Pensions Law partner Jane Kola, who, along with Society of Pension Professionals president James Riley, warn about the potentially dire consequences and call for more clarity from the regulator. More cheerfully, this inauguration day episode also covers the future of actuaries, small pots, and Donald Trump’s pension.

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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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    Trustees cannot outsource responsibility for cyber risk

    2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Trustees bear ultimate responsibility for managing cyber risk even when they outsource administration to a third party, and must ensure they carry out due diligence, according to a new report.

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    Bulk annuity deals drive insurers to sustainable investments

    2020-12-30T00:00:00Z

    On the go: UK life insurers could allocate up to £170bn to illiquid investments over the next decade, with a substantial portion focusing on new sustainable assets, according to Fitch Ratings.

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    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.

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    Engineering group speeds up derisking as market nears £30bn

    2020-12-10T00:00:00Z

    At the tail end of what has been the second biggest year ever for derisking transactions, engineering services group Renew Holdings completed a £110m buy-in with Rothesay Life for its Lovell Pension Scheme.