Improved scheme funding levels have helped WTW secure five new UK defined benefit (DB) investment advisory appointments in the past nine months, totalling £30bn in assets. This covers DB schemes in the...
The combined IAS19 pension surplus for FTSE100 UK pension schemes rose to around £65bn from £60bn as of 31st October 2024, according to LCP’s Pensions Explorer. LCP says this funding position and...
TPT Investment Management (TPTIM), part of TPT Retirement Solutions, has launched a new Liability Driven Investment (LDI) solution for UK defined benefit pension schemes, in partnership with Insight Investment. The solution supports...
Standard Life has secured benefits for 2,200 members by completing £250 million in bulk purchase annuity transactions for the Apollo Pension and Life Assurance Plan and the Halma Group Pension Plan. The...
Cartwright, the pension specialist for defined benefit and hybrid schemes, has rebranded its business, launching five distinct divisions. These five brand extensions include: Pension Trusts, Charitable Trusts, Funeral Trusts, Employee Rewards, and...
The Broadstone Sirius Index has seen an improvement in defined benefit pension scheme funding, with the 50 per cent hedged scheme moving from full funding to a surplus of 101.8 per cent,...
Members of the mineworkers pension scheme will received enhanced benefits due to specific changes announced in this week's Budget. The government has confirmed that it will transfer the ‘investment reserve’ fund for...
Gilt yields have risen since Labour’s £40bn tax-rising Budget, but pensions experts say this is unlikely to spark the same liquidity problems for DB schemes that occurred in the aftermath of Liz...
What it describes as the first ever defined benefit (DB) portfolio allocation to Bitcoin is being made today by pension and investment advice Cartwright, as it also looks to push the digital...
Hymans Robertson has further expanded its risk transfer team with the appointment of Mahad Farooqui. Farooqui has considerable experience in managing buy-in and buy-out projects, and joins from Aon where he worked...
