COVID-19
Professional Pensions and Mercer Deskflix Event: Covid-19
Dealing with the impacts. The event examines how the pandemic has amplified some of the challenges DB and DC pension schemes have to overcome, and how you’ll now need to rise to a new set of challenges that, whilst created by Covid-19, are probably here to stay.
Law and Regulation
Trustees will need to consider where they can extra cash if needed, as well as where they stand on the insolvency ladder, says Alasdair Smith.
18 June 2020
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4 min read
Industry
While the latest guidance from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) provides more relief for providers, trustees are not yet able to cope with the demands of meeting its expectations, the industry says.
17 June 2020
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3 min read
Law and Regulation
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has updated its guidance for schemes navigating funding or governance difficulties during the Covid-19 pandemic.
16 June 2020
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2 min read
Investment
A slump in inflation caused by economic damage from the coronavirus could pave the way for the abolition of the state pension ‘triple lock’, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).
16 June 2020
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
A scheme vulnerability analysis tool aiming to allow pension schemes to understand the likely impact of Covid-19 on their members’ life expectancy has been launched by XPS Pensions Group.
15 June 2020
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Charlotte Moore looks at how the Covid-19 economic crisis will affect funding for schemes in differing amounts.
12 June 2020
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7 min read
Industry
There is a continued gradual decline in the number of excess weekly deaths in England and Wales three months into the Covid-19 lockdown, according to the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI).
10 June 2020
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3 min read
Defined Benefit
Two years on from the launch of the LGPS pools, seven senior figures tell James Phillips all about the process and their plans.
10 June 2020
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24 min read
Defined Benefit
Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the May 2020 estimates on the various measures…
09 June 2020
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
NHS Pension Scheme members will be given an extra three months to make use of the voluntary scheme pays facility due to the increased pressures arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.
08 June 2020
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2 min read
