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What is COVID-19 teaching us about running our pension schemes?01/07/2020
Kate Hardingham on the need for Trustee boards to react quickly, co-ordinate advisers and respond to challenges.
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Improving member engagement and knowledge through clearer communication20/06/2020
Project-managing an extremely complex member consultation for a Scheme with over sixty participating employers.
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Merging defined benefit schemes12/06/2020
Context A FTSE250 global manufacturing business operated 3 separate Defined Benefit schemes, all closed to future accrual, with a combined membership of c.25,000 and total assets of £2bn. Each scheme had its own trustee board (with no overlap in membership) and sets of advisers but each scheme shared the same sponsor covenant and were similarly funded. The challenge The sponsor wished to achieve a strong and more cost-effective governance model with the added imperative of delivering this in a timescale prior to the next triennial valuation exercise for each of the schemes to allow a single valuation process. To facilitate …
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Pension funds face a dilemma if negative rates come to pass01/06/2020
The era of low interest rates has created challenges for trustees.
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Helping with the challenges of running a DB scheme10/03/2020
How we encouraged innovative and collaborative solutions to overcome conflict between key stakeholders.
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Small Scheme Bulk Annuity Purchase01/12/2019
Working with our wider adviser contacts and their consolidation services offering we successfully completed a buy-in December 2019, moving to full buy-out in February 2020.
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Governance reviews and ensuring board effectiveness12/11/2017
For a multi-billion defined benefit scheme.
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