All PPF levy articles – Page 5
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Opinion
Why trustees will be spending more time on PPF certification, not less
It was no surprise the Pensions Regulator’s latest defined benefit code recognised the potential value to both schemes and sponsors of contingent assets where trustees agree "to accept more risk than can be supported by their available employer covenant”.
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Opinion
PPF: levy dip likely to be followed by further falls
In May this year we consulted on our plans for the pension protection levy over the next three years.
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News
How changes to the PPF levy could affect your scheme
Schemes are being advised to assess the cost of completing an annual valuation of asset-backed contributions, after the Pension Protection Fund announced non-property ABCs will be considered in levy calculations.
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Opinion
Can you prove the value of your ABCs? A first glance at PPF levy changes
The Pension Protection Fund will now require schemes to provide proof of the value of asset-backed contributions used to reduce levy bills, as part of the lifeboat's amendments to levy calculations.
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News
Schemes consider money purchase reversion to reduce employer risk
Legal experts have reported that schemes caught by the recent change in the definition of money purchase are trying to amend their benefits structures to remove the additional risk of guarantees.
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News
How the PPF's contingent asset shift could affect your scheme
The Pension Protection Fund will publish in October the conclusion of its consultation on making the certification of contingent assets more transparent, after around half a sample of type A contingent assets failed a stress test.
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Opinion
Smooth sailing for the pensions lifeboat? The PPF’s annual report in numbers
The gradual economic recovery is welcome news for the Pension Protection Fund, with buoyant equity markets and stronger companies outweighing some losses in its liability-driven investment strategy.
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FeaturesSiemens shrinks deficit with asset-backed funding deal
Engineering and electronics company Siemens has set up a Scottish limited partnership for its UK defined benefit scheme to provide additional security for members, shutting a large part of its deficit and stabilising the company’s cash flow.
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NewsPPF targets transparency with insolvency levy changes
Schemes will be able to more precisely focus their efforts to reduce their Pension Protection Fund levy, following the lifeboat’s proposals to make its insolvency risk system more transparent.
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News
PPF plots future £4.4m saving from taking member services in-house
The Pension Protection Fund plans to make savings of around £4.4m a year by bringing its member services in-house, the pensions lifeboat’s three-year strategic plan has revealed.
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Opinion
PPF: What our levy work means for your scheme
In May 2011 we confirmed a significant development of the pension protection levy with the introduction of the new levy formula.
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Opinion
Is the PPF assessment process getting value for DB members?
Since the Pension Protection Fund’s doors opened in 2005, around 600 pension schemes have transferred into it, covering a membership of around 190,000. And around 90,000 pensioner members are now receiving PPF compensation.
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Features
PPF levy change hits solvent employers
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) accepts its new levy calculation will mean increased charges for schemes with low insolvency risk, except when they are in the highest funding brackets.
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FeaturesTui starts early to control PPF levy cost
As the Tui pension scheme works ahead of time to certify its contingent asset and reduce its Pension Protection Fund levy, Ian Smithand Anna Lyudviganalyse the process.
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Features
Countdown to manage PPF levy changes
The Pension Protection Fund's Chris Collins sets out the main changes to its annual levy and how schemes need to prepare ahead of the March 30 deadline.
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Features
How to save money on your PPF levy
TLT head of pensions Sasha Butterworth explores how schemes can use contingent assets to save money on their risk-based levy.
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Features
PPF levy dilemma for small schemes
The Pension Protection Fund’s new levy framework is likely to lead to schemes derisking, but smaller schemes with sophisticated investment strategies may lose out, consultants have warned.
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