DB consolidators
Risk Reduction
As an interim regime for consolidators is launched, Emma Watkins looks at how to enhance protection of members’ benefits.
19 June 2020
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
As new figures from the Pension Protection Fund show the shortfall of final salary schemes in deficit grew to £256.4bn during April, Joe Dabrowski examines how the superfund structure could help…if only we had one.
21 May 2020
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4 min read
Risk Reduction
Many schemes are actively thinking about defined benefit (DB) consolidation and are waiting in the wings for the superfunds to prove themselves before engaging, Clara says.
22 October 2019
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2 min read
Appointments
Defined benefit (DB) scheme consolidator Clara Pensions has appointed Steve Groves to its corporate board.
28 February 2019
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Redington has unveiled a report asking if DB consolidation is good for schemes and members. Kim Kaveh looks at the detail.
10 January 2019
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
Defined benefit (DB) consolidator Clara will get up to £500m of capital backing from global credit investment firm TPG Sixth Street Partners (TSSP), paving the way for its first deals.
19 December 2018
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2 min read
Defined Contribution
It will take between three and five years before collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes are up and running, despite the government launching a consultation on the provision.
12 November 2018
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5 min read
Law and Regulation
The government needs to boost pension schemes' access to illiquid investments, remedy the net-pay tax relief anomaly, and focus on securing a "successful Brexit" for pensions in its upcoming Budget, says the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)....
12 October 2018
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The funding gap across FTSE 350 schemes could be slashed by as much as £275bn if schemes look beyond traditional ways of creating value. Victoria Ticha examines how
20 September 2018
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4 min read
