The BT Pension Scheme (BTPS), one of the UK’s largest pension schemes, has completed two significant reinsurance transactions, covering £10bn of liabilities. These deals protect the scheme, which has 260,000 members and...
TO DOWNLOAD A FULL COPY OF THE DECUMULATION ROUNDTABLE SUPPLEMENT CLICK HERE How is the DB market changing? The defined benefit market has transformed over the last decade. There are now fewer...
Defined benefit scheme funding has held steady in February, despite the more volatile economic backdrop. Figures from Broadstone’s Siruis Index, which monitors how various pension scheme strategies are performing on their journeys...
TPT Investment Management has launched a new £720m investment grade bond fund. This is a collective investment vehicle for UK pension schemes and has been seeded with capital from TPT’s DB master...
Growth in the sole trustee market is expected to slow down over the longer term, according to a new report from Hymans Roberston. Its paper Sole trusteeship: what does the future hold...
Schroders has committed to running on its defined benefit (DB) pension and using up to 10 per cent of its DB pension surplus yearly to support DC commitments, ensuring DB stability through...
HM Treasury has confirmed the Government's plans to relax rules around DB surplus access. The rule changes will allow surplus funds, currently stuck in pension schemes, be invested in the broader economy which...
DB transfer values remained steady through most of 2024 but dropped sharply in the final quarter, hitting its lowest point in December, according to data from XPS Group. The group says that...
The Pensions Regulator could play a key part in driving the government’s growth agenda through reform of DB funding, according to LCP. The comments come as leaders of the UK's main economic...
Over the final quarter of 2024 and into 2025 UK gilt yields have risen steadily, with the 15-year nominal (spot rate) yield increasing from 4.43 per cent as at 30 September 2024...
