BT Pension Scheme

PP talks to Amy Kessler about the booming longevity risk market

BT Pension Scheme has almost doubled its exposure to private equity through Hermes Gartmore Private Equity (GPE).

The £40bn, 300,000-member BT Pension Scheme has signed a third-party administration deal with Accenture - extending its relationship by eight years.

The government must integrate the regulation of energy, pensions and insurance markets to help investors avoid catastrophic climate change, warns a trustee.

The size of BT's defined benefit pension deficit helped save the telecoms giant from being acquired, according to chief financial officer Tony Chanmugam.

PP looks at the range of options for locking down longevity risk

BT will pay £1.5bn into its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme by April to tackle a £7bn deficit as part of an agreed recovery plan with the trustees.

A group of sixteen pension schemes have launched a guide to responsible investment reporting in public equity.

The Court of Appeal has ruled the government remains responsible for paying benefits of the BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) should the company go bust.

The BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) has entered into a £16bn longevity swap to hedge more than a quarter of its exposure to longevity risk.