All Tata Steel articles – Page 2

  • Hugh Nolan
    Opinion

    Bad cases make bad law

    2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Allied Steel and Wire went into receivership in 2002, with some members at risk of only getting a fraction of their pension before the introduction of the Pension Protection Fund.

  • News

    Altmann slams PPF cap change delays

    2016-07-22T00:00:00Z

    If Baroness Ros Altmann was less outspoken on issues of reform during her stint as pensions minister, she is certainly making up for lost time, launching her fourth attack on government policy in almost as many days.

  • News

    British Steel’s proposed changes raise difficult questions

    2016-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Discrepancies between the government’s recommendations for how BSPS should proceed and the scheme’s proposed alterations to its rules might make reaching a decision about its future on June 23 harder.

  • Opinion

    Will PLSA’s DB consultation bolster embattled industry?

    2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

    From the blog: The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has called for evidence to support its Defined Benefit Taskforce, as record-low gilt yields pile yet more pressure on the industry.

  • Illustration by Ben Jennings
    Opinion

    The other pensions problem

    2016-06-03T00:00:00Z

    At some point in the last few years, pensions became a big news story. Updates on BHS, Tata steel and others fill airwaves and pages (including our own).

  • Getty Images
    News

    Switching BSPS indexation to CPI could set legal precedent

    2016-05-27T00:00:00Z

    A four-week public consultation on the British Steel Pension Scheme launched by the government this week could pave the way for an indexation switch aimed at significantly reducing Tata Steel’s pension liabilities, which could reverberate across the private sector.

  • Illustration by Ben Jennings
    Opinion

    Tata, BHS and the rest

    2016-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Editorial: From Port Talbot to London, defined benefit pensions have become the worry of the nation – probably rightly so. 

  • Getty Images
    News

    How to manage an overseas parent company

    2016-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Any other business: A good relationship with a strong sponsoring employer is a great boon to a pension scheme, as it can mean access to a generous recovery plan and robust guarantees for the future of the scheme and its members.

  • Getty Images
    Features

    ITV absorbs Wireless Group DB scheme

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Broadcasting company Wireless Group has signed over its defined benefit pension obligations to broadcaster ITV, under the terms of sale of its television entities to the media giant, showing that defined benefit schemes do not have to be left behind in mergers and acquisitions.

  • Illustration by Ben Jennings
    Opinion

    Firefighting in Port Talbot

    2016-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Editorial: Reports of the government being urged by Labour MPs to take over Tata Steel UK until a private buyer is found dominated the headlines last week, after the business was put up for sale by its owner.

  • News

    Tata Steel pensions wrangle rolls on as ballot favours strike action

    2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

    News analysis: Tata Steel workers turned out en masse to vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action following a breakdown in negotiations on the planned closure of the British Steel Pension Scheme. 

  • Steel
    News

    Tata Steel DB closure flags need for 'holistic' approach to risks

    2015-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Tata Steel's plan to close its defined benefit scheme to future accrual faces industrial action, leading some experts to call on trustees to give greater consideration to the sponsor covenant.

  • Features

    British Steel launches nursery DC to manage cost

    2012-12-21T00:00:00Z

    British Steel Pension Scheme will close its defined benefit section and launch a defined contribution arrangement to make the scheme more sustainable and manage the costs associated with auto-enrolment.