Longevity
Defined Contribution
Could freedom and choice help deferred annuities make a comeback?
05 June 2015
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Industry
Scottish pensioners spend more time in retirement than their English or Welsh counterparts, according to research.
27 April 2015
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Industry
Regular exercise, healthy diets and avoiding smoking have had a greater impact on longevity improvements than medical advancements, according to Lord Robert Winston.
12 March 2015
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Industry
Niels Jensen says DB benefits should be devalued and converted to DC
17 February 2015
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Defined Benefit
PP looks at why the UK is lagging behind its northern European neighbours
16 February 2015
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Risk Reduction
PwC has launched an off-shore longevity swap vehicle intended to reduce the cost of longevity swaps for schemes as small as £250m.
12 February 2015
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Risk Reduction
A methodology for assessing longevity basis risk developed by Hymans Robertson and Cass Business School will help bring index-based longevity swaps into the mainstream, say actuaries.
09 December 2014
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Risk Reduction
Defined benefit (DB) schemes are underestimating liabilities by 1% by failing to take into account the varying rate of longevity improvements in the population, according to a ground breaking study.
28 November 2014
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Defined Benefit
UK schemes have increased longevity assumptions by six months in the last three years, according to research from Mercer.
29 September 2014
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Defined Benefit
A sharp decrease in mortality rates in the first half of the year has highlighted the dangers of assuming that longevity improvements will plateau, says Hymans Robertson.
12 August 2014
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