LCP

Proposals include extending provision to whole-life unconnected multi-employer schemes

Deal is culmination of years of ‘prudent management’ by the trustee and secures benefits of all members

Consultancy praised the ‘prolonged period of strong funding levels’

Despite being ‘potentially lucrative’

Schemes under professional trustee management, pensions review reaction, Rothesay H1 performance

Analysis follows LCP research with prediction that £40bn to £50bn of transactions could be completed

Half of UK pension schemes now under professional or sole trustee management

Regulator makes clear how it intends new DB funding regime will operate

LCP warns schemes to consider how deflation could impact them and how to combat it

Latest estimate equals the lifeboat fund’s lowest ever levy