All articles by Stephanie Hawthorne – Page 8
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NewsNew consultation fails to address NHS clinician concerns
Doctors believe a new consultation offering greater pension flexibilities is not enough to stop them refusing extra shifts in the hard-pressed National Health Service, as experts demand an overhaul of the entire pensions tax system.
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LGPS urged to drop active managers for cheaper passive alternatives
On the go: Local authority funds are coming under increasing pressure from the government to switch their active holdings to passive investments.
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Nine out of 10 trustees ready for new SRI regime
On the go: Trustees are universally well prepared for the new responsible investment regulations that come into force on October 1, with an astonishing 96 per cent saying they are up to speed.
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Union fights government plans to scrap RPI
On the go: Unite, Britain’s biggest trade union, has refused to use the consumer price index as a measure of inflation in workforce negotiations, in response to the government’s mooted plans to scrap the retail price index in its current incarnation by 2030.
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Capital adequacy dispute threatens superfunds
Disagreement between the government and regulators has cast a question mark over the future of the UK’s defined benefit commercial consolidators.
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NewsBritvic reaches interim agreement on CPI/RPI linking
Soft drinks manufacturer Britvic has reached an interim agreement with the trustees of its defined benefit pension scheme over controversial plans to switch pension increases based on the retail prices index to the lower consumer prices index.
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Government signals an end to flawed RPI
On the go: The end may be nigh for the flawed retail price index of inflation, after the chancellor announced plans to consult on whether to align it with a version of the consumer price index between 2025 and 2030.
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Just Group sets its sights on derisking DB giants
On the go: Insurer Just Group is attempting to increase its presence in the bulk annuity market by partnering with external providers of capital backing.
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No-deal Brexit fears cause annuity rates to plummet to near record lows
On the go: Fears of a no-deal Brexit and a slowdown in the global economy have pushed annuity rates to near record lows, says Hargreaves Lansdown.
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Law firm targets ‘short-changed’ doctors, teachers and police officers
On the go: The government could face legal challenges from hundreds of thousands of teachers and doctors following changes to their pension schemes, according to Leigh Day.
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Trustees should act now to guard against market collapse
On the go: Trustees and sponsors of defined benefit schemes should increase their asset allocations to alternatives and hedge funds in light of high valuations and stretched yields, Cambridge Associates urges in new research.
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Bob Scott: The 40-year pensions perspective
Bob Scott is something of a rarity – a pensions lifer who has worked for the same firm virtually all his adult life, having joined Lane Clark & Peacock nearly 40 years ago in 1982.
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Dichotomy between FTSE chiefs and workers’ pensions remains
On the go: Just 30 per cent of FTSE 100 companies have pledged to cut their pension payments for their directors, following a campaign by the Investment Association on excessive boardroom pay.
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Arcadia CVAs approved
On the go: Arcadia Group, the struggling fashion empire controlled by Sir Philip Green, can move forward with its restructuring plans after a challenge from US landlords was withdrawn.
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DB transfer values hit all-time high
On the go: Defined benefit pension transfer values soared to an all-time high on August 21, according to the latest analysis from consultancy XPS Pensions.
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GMP equalisation soars up list of trustees concerns
On the go: GMP equalisation has soared up the list priorities for pension schemes following the Lloyd’s Banking Group case earlier this year, Equiniti research has found.
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ONS: One in four people will be over 65 by 2050
On the go: The UK population is growing older, Office for National Statistics figures have shown, with potentially big repercussions retirement patterns.
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9m workers sleep-walking into retirement, report finds
On the go: Nearly 9m mid-career employees are flying blind into retirement, clueless on how much they need to save for their retirement, Aviva research has found.
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Slowdown in death rate in 2019 may increase DB liabilities
On the go: The relatively low number of deaths reported so far this year appears to buck the trend of stalling life expectancy improvements since 2011, an LCP report has highlighted.
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Employers urged to monitor default performance more closely
On the go: Employers should look under the bonnet when reviewing their default fund as there is a huge variation in asset allocation and performance of these products, according to Punter Southall Aspire analysis.