The insurance industry faces a "severe" concentration of systematic longevity risk through the market for buy-ins, buyouts and longevity swaps, according to professor David Blake.
The Insolvency Service has made a successful application to the High Court to place two trustee firms linked to pensions scams into provisional liquidation
The High Court has put two trustee companies connected with suspected pension liberation schemes into provisional liquidation following applications made by the Insolvency Service.
DWF has hired Sinead Sheehan from Squire Patton Boggs after losing seven pension lawyers to rival firms in the last six months.
A High Court ruling protecting the pension of a man who went into bankruptcy will be challenged in the Court of Appeal next January.
The local government pension scheme (LGPS) would face huge challenges if it was forced to comply with EU, warns a lawyer.
The Nortel case has big repercussions for pensions in international insolvencies
Natasha Browne looks at how UK schemes could be affected by a Greek departure from the European Union
Pension schemes have been urged to examine their structure to ensure they do not fall under regulations which would require them to appoint a majority of non-affiliated trustees.
Trustees should request written confirmation of how member data supplied to employers for the end of contracting out will be used, lawyers have warned.