Tag Archives: Mark to Market

A different approach to pension scheme solvency and funding.

Posted on June 10, 2020 by henry tapper

Solvency and Funding This is the second of our blogs answering questions which arose from our original essay written in response to the proposed DB Funding Code. It covers issues of solvency and funding. Solvency estimation involves the comparison of … Continue reading →

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The human cost of marking our pensions to the market

Posted on October 1, 2018 by henry tapper

  The debate at the CSFI mid week between Norma Cohen and John Ralfe on one side and Jon Spain and Dennis Leech on the other – seems to have focussed on the economics of pensions. I’d like to widen … Continue reading →

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So who gave Mark Carney the keys?

Posted on August 8, 2016 by henry tapper

Ros Altmann, along with many others is concerned that a side-effect of the measures announced to bounce our economy out of  Brexit blues, will be to require employers to pump money into pensions and not into jobs, research and building new … Continue reading →

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Pensions Deficits: Mark-to-market valuation is the elephant in the room

Posted on July 26, 2016 by henry tapper

Following on from yesterday’s blog from Hilary Salt, here are some interesting thoughts from Dennis Leech,  Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Warwick You can contact Dennis directly at d.leech@warwick.ac.uk   The chief economist of the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, … Continue reading →

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