Zedra has appointed Payam Kazemian to lead its risk transfer capability as head of risk transfer. Zedra says this appointment reflects changing dynamics in the risk transfer market, with increasing insurer capacity,...
Disputes over DB scheme surpluses are set to grow unless employers and trustees address questions over ownership, according to a report by Hymans Robertson. In its latest paper, 'Whose surplus is it...
Trustees and corporate sponsors of UK defined benefit pension schemes should move away from treating insurance buyout as an automatic default and instead adopt an "objective-led" approach to endgame planning, according to...
Boardroom executives are now twice as likely to see DB pensions as a valuable asset, rather than a financial burden, according to research from Independent Governance Group. The trustee firm has found...
Aon has launched ‘Future DB’, a full-service solution designed to help well-funded UK defined benefit pension schemes implement their endgames with greater efficacy. The UK results of Aon’s Global Pensions Risk Survey...
Twenty smaller DB schemes have joined Isio’s specialist endgame solution in its first year since launch. This PenUltimate Micro proposition helps schemes with fewer than 100 members progress towards buy-in, buy-out and...
TPT is preparing to launch a defined benefit (DB) superfund, with two cases currently being priced and more than 10 potential transactions in its pipeline. At a roundtable, TPT said the superfund...
UK defined benefit pension schemes of FTSE 100 companies were in a strong position at the end of Q2, with an accounting surplus of around £55bn (120 per cent funding level). The...
The Society of Pension Professionals has urged HMRC to amend draft legislation designed to protect pension savers from unintended annual allowance tax charges following Guaranteed Minimum Pension conversion. This conversion is a...
More than two-thirds of defined benefit pension schemes are considering how to use surplus, but most still face barriers to reaching their endgame. This is according to research from LCP's latest DB...
