More defined benefit news – Page 36
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NewsEmployers failing to grasp LGPS costs and ‘responsibilities’
Many employers do not understand the value or costs associated with being part of the Local Government Pension Scheme, according to the assistant director of the £28.2bn Greater Manchester Pension Fund.
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NewsLGPS advisory board chair appeals for infrastructure clarity
On the go: The government needs to provide a clearer definition of the kind of infrastructure investment it wants public sector schemes to carry out as part of its levelling up agenda, the chair of the Local Government Pension Scheme advisory board has said.
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NewsOpperman supports public sector DB reform
On the go: Pensions minister Guy Opperman has warned that public sector defined benefit schemes should be reformed, branding the system unsustainable.
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NewsRailpen launches voting coalition, BlackRock expands client voting
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including Railpen announcing a pushback against “unequal voting rights” and BlackRock giving its pension clients more say in how they take part in shareholder votes.
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NewsCleveland Potash schemes appoint pension services provider
On the go: The £285mn Cleveland Potash Pension Schemes has appointed Willis Towers Watson’s OneDB to provide combined actuarial, fiduciary management and administrative services.
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NewsTPR’s new DB funding code expected in September 2023
The Pensions Regulator expects its much-anticipated new defined benefit funding code to be in place and operational by September 2023, according to its latest corporate plan.
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NewsNearly a third of DB trustees think net zero ‘isn’t relevant’
On the go: Thirty per cent of defined benefit pension trustees think efforts to push their schemes towards net zero emissions “isn’t relevant to them”, according to new research.
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NewsTPR to review initial TCFD reports
On the go: The Pensions Regulator will review schemes’ published Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures reports in the coming months, it has disclosed.
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NewsBMW disputes inclusion on Make My Money Matter net zero target list
BMW has contested its inclusion on a list of the UK’s 20 largest pension schemes to have allegedly not set net zero targets.
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NewsStaffordshire Fire and Rescue Service pauses McCloud payments
The Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has stopped making payments to members of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme affected by the McCloud ruling after pressure from the government.
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NewsTfL staff to strike again over pensions
On the go: London Underground staff members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers will walk out once more as part of their pensions dispute on June 21, to coincide with the biggest set of transport strikes in decades.
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NewsNI Police Pension Scheme breaches cost cap
On the go: The Police Pension Scheme for Northern Ireland has breached its cost-control mechanism ceiling as a result of the McCloud remedy, according to data from the Government Actuary’s Department.
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NewsBMA hits out at Capita’s three-year NHS contract extension
On the go: The British Medical Association has hit out at the decision to give Capita a three-year extension to its contract to run Primary Care Support England.
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NewsFirefighters go to court over ‘letter aimed at blocking pensions’
The Fire Brigades Union is preparing legal action after it received a letter intended for chief fire officers, which it described as an attempt “to block firefighters receiving the pensions they are legally entitled to”.
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NewsFTSE 100 schemes see surplus hit £100bn record
On the go: Defined benefit schemes sponsored by FTSE 100 companies have seen their surplus on an IAS 19 basis hit a record £100bn in mid-May, according to new analysis.
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NewsPublic sector pension liabilities break £2tn with 16% surge
On the go: Changes to mortality assumptions have played their part in pushing the net public sector pension liability up by 15.6 per cent between the 2018-19 and 2019-20 periods, reaching almost £2.2tn.
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NewsGovt redefines fiduciary management in CMA probe reply
The government has excluded transition management from the scope of fiduciary management in its response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s 2018 investigation of the sector.
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NewsSoas demands new USS valuation and inequality assessments
On the go: Soas University of London and its union branch have jointly called for “an evidence-based, moderately prudent valuation as soon as possible” of the £88.8bn Universities Superannuation Scheme.
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NewsNational LGPS Frameworks appoints admin companies
On the go: The National Local Government Pension Scheme Frameworks has appointed a series of companies to provide pensions administration and operational support services.