Punter Southall

Punter Southall has added 100 corporate pension schemes to its client roster after buying the pensions division of investment management firm Brewin Dolphin.

Complications associated with the changes to the contracting-out regime should trigger scheme sponsors into reviewing their benefits they want to offer, a consultant says.

Longevity swaps leave schemes open to the risk that younger members live twice as long in retirement than current pensioner members, Punter Southall warns.

Expecting administrators and trustees to operate a five-day turnaround for transfer value cheques is "totally unrealistic" in many cases, a consultant says.

Trustees and sponsors have been battening down the hatches in the past week as market volatility hit deficits and liabilities.

Airwave Solutions, a provider of communications to the emergency services, has received the Pension Quality Mark Plus for its group stakeholder pension plan.

Pension tax changes lowering the annual limit to £50,000 will lead to more senior management figures ignoring pension schemes over the long term, a study finds.

Trustees must assess the impact of mergers and acquisitions involving sponsors and the impact these can have on the scheme's covenant, warns Punter Southall Transition Services.

UK - Scheme trustees must ensure their scheme does not slip down the priority order of creditors after company debt repayments doubled year on year, consultants warn.

Scheme trustees must ensure their scheme does not slip down the priority order of creditors after company debt repayments doubled year on year, consultants warn.