Herbert Smith Freehills
Industry
Our monthly round-up of the most important articles PP has published over the last month
28 February 2022
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4 min read
Appointments
The lifeboat fund has also appointed two new firms to its legal panel
01 February 2022
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1 min read
Industry
TPR’s David Fairs says trustees need to be aware of scheme membership diversity
01 February 2022
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3 min read
Regulation
Chancellor Rishi Sunak ruffles feathers by leaving glaring pensions issues on the sideline
28 October 2021
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6 min read
Risk Reduction
Biggest deal of 2021 so far sees 12,500 pensioner and deferred members insured
04 October 2021
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5 min read
Risk Reduction
Global travel firm Tui has agreed two buy-ins worth a total of £794m with Legal & General (L&G) Assurance Society, insuring two sections of the Tui Group UK Pension Trust.
01 June 2021
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2 min read
Investment
Octopus Renewables has acquired two operational UK biomass power plants in one of the largest domestic deals of its kind.
28 April 2021
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The Aon Retirement Plan has completed a £510m pensioner buy-in with Scottish Widows, insuring members in the Aon Bain Hogg Pension Scheme section.
15 December 2020
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
The BBC Pension Scheme has completed a £3bn longevity swap deal with Zurich and Canada Life Reinsurance, covering the risk of pensioner and dependent members.
15 December 2020
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2 min read
Admin / Technology
Defined benefit (DB) schemes that provide GMPs must revisit and, where necessary, top-up historic cash equivalent transfer values (CETVs) that have been calculated on an unequal basis, a landmark court judgment said last week.
23 November 2020
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7 min read
