All United Utilities articles
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Ofwat queried on water companies' DB closure plans
Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee Frank Field has written to Ofwat, the utilities regulator, about proposals by United Utilities and Anglia Water to close their defined benefit schemes to future accrual while continuing to pay out large amounts to shareholders.
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United Utilities faces two-day strike over pensions
About 1,500 United Utilities employees are expected to walk out on Friday and Monday because of the company's plans to change the final salary scheme to a hybrid arrangement.
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Ageing workforce requires greater flexibility from employers
NAPF 2015: Long-term care is the "elephant in the room", delegates heard today, with policy, education and flexibility to play critical roles in employers' ability to support extended working lives.
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Corporate schemes up alts but stem fixed income flows
UK corporate schemes ploughed 20 percentage points more of their assets into alternatives in the past three months than the previous quarter, while cutting inflows into fixed income, investment data have shown.
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How devolution could affect your scheme
Scheme professionals have predicted devolved tax and welfare powers to Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland could increase the cost of administering schemes which have members across the UK, though others doubt the impact.
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Features
Half of schemes lack trustee training plan, survey finds
Two employers have explained how they make sure trustees are regularly trained, after a Pensions Regulator survey shows half of schemes do not have a training plan.
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United Utilities ups interest rate hedge after hitting trigger
United Utilities has increased interest rate hedging in its defined benefit schemes in order to reduce risk, working towards its target of full protection against interest and inflation rate fluctuations.
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United Utilities: charge cap could shield members
United Utilities' pension manager has voiced support for a cap on fees as it would protect default fund members from the decisions of their smaller and potentially less well-informed employers.
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United Utilities takes action to lessen state pension impact
United Utilities has set up a special risk management group to deal with the impact of changes to the state pension due in 2016, and has warned schemes not to ignore the upcoming reform.