Tag Archives: Dr Iain Clacher

With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? The DB Funding Code: An Existential Threat to Open DB Scheme

  We have been asked what impact the Funding Code would have on open schemes by a number of correspondents.  This blog illustrates why the new funding code is the  biggest risk that open scheme members face . Simply put, … Continue reading

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A sense of proportion; (Keating and Clacher on insolvencies and the PPF)

In this article, Keating and Clacher consider corporate insolvencies and their impact on the PPF – they call for a sense of proportion. Last year DB pension schemes paid £65 billion in pension benefits to pensioners; the PPF paid £775 … Continue reading

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How much does auto-enrolment cost?

The new living wage will make auto-enrolment more expensive If you are a small company, one of the unexpected items you’re going to have to add into your financial plan for the next three years is the additional cost of … Continue reading

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