Tag Archives: DB pensions
Just- Defined Benefit Solutions – Andy Smith’s update for 2026
Just may not be in the bonanza for ever, but that does not mean they will suffer! Just’s story reminds me of the huge take on of DB transfer business in the later years of quantitative easing when low yields … Continue reading
Brookfield owns the Utmost link between Equitable Life and Just.
Want an explanation? Brookfield are investing in Just, Brookfield are investing in Utmost and Utmost are the renamed Equitable Life. Utmost are what is known in offshore financial services as a “death insurance company” A death company? Utmost is … Continue reading
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Tagged Brookfield, DB pensions, Death insurer, Equitable Life, Insurance, Just, Pensions
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The money of the dead? Who owns it? Where is charity?
Yesterday I published an article by an actuary about how Tontines came to be and why they were called after Signor Tontine. It is a very interesting read, especially if you have an actuarial train of thought and try … Continue reading
A wonky perspective on a glorious PLSA event!
John Hamilton (with the camera) and me (a little worried) spent Tuesday through Thursday this week either at his flat, the Conference or eating out. This is the wonky perspective of a blogger who is very grateful for sponsoring me … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, DB pensions, dc pensions, Edinburgh, John Hamilton, PLSA, Torsten Bell
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The pension endgame as an interminable goal-less draw
By coincidence, I spent this morning listening to LCP talking about the pension trustee and this lunchtime reading about how sponsors should ignore him/her at their peril. From experience, I find the conversation between trustees and employers a little awkward. … Continue reading
IGG’s blueprint for DB pensions deserves to be well-read
When in 2010 Stephen Ross and Andrew Bradshaw peeled away from HR Trustees and formed Ross Trustees , few gave the new entity much thought. Now the re-badged IGG is a force in the land and with the backing of … Continue reading
Thames Water – a punchy and pun-free assessment for its pensioners.
An annoying feature of almost every report on Thames Water is the intentional puns on “liquidity” and many derivatives of the “fluidity” of the situation. Actually – these jokes are both tiresome and annoying so I’m going to try … Continue reading
Do DB pensions matter? It seems not.
Compare and contrast how the DWP are selling themselves to the public #ThreeThingsThatMatter – Pensions Special pic.twitter.com/8zfCVD4jeu — Department for Work and Pensions (@DWPgovuk) February 22, 2024 and how they are promoting themselves to the pensions industry “The government is … Continue reading
Why my new policy is not to rely on pension policy!
A lot of what we have been discussing with regards pensions this year has been “policy dependent”. We need Government to adopt a policy and then legislate for it and we hope that some of the good ideas that the … Continue reading
Truell claims buy-out “reinsurance” is “superfunds through the back-door”.
I recently reported on the Bank of England and Prudential Regulatory Authority’s concern that Insurers were passing on the management of assets and liabilities via reinsurance using captives in Bermuda and other offshore havens. This strikes the common reader as … Continue reading