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Superfunds need the power of the Chancellor’s conviction
There are areas of pensions where laypeople fear to tread. Typically they are areas where there are guarantees secured by capital or debt. LDI was such an area. Another area where consumer orientated commentators are unwelcome, is in discussions … Continue reading
The quiet revolution at the Pensions Regulator
In a submission to the Work and Pensions select committee inquiry into DB pensions, The Pensions Regulator encourages broader consideration of a wider role for the PPF. pic.twitter.com/g2ACSuAEPe — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) June 12, 2023 I’ve written several times recently … Continue reading
What does the Government really have in mind for the PPF?
As the FT reported yesterday, the Treasury appears to be mulling over breathing fire back into DB by converting the PPF into a means for the sponsors of small and struggling DB schemes to offload their schemes. This would mean … Continue reading
PPF to the rescue! Could Britain’s £40bn lifeboat put pensions back to work?
In a move that gets the thumbs up from this blogger, the FT report the Treasury eying up the Pension Protection Fund to take on assets and liabilities of smaller and weaker DB pensions , stuck at the back of … Continue reading
Has it really come up roses for UK’s private sector DB schemes?
The rosier funding position for UK private sector DB schemes marks a massive shift from 2019, when there were 3,089 schemes in deficit and 2,361 schemes in surplus, according to the PPF index. — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) May 9, 2023 … Continue reading
Thinking the unthinkable for our PPF
What if the PPF was given an upgrade and used its massive financial strength to pay benefits at the levels members were promised from their original defined benefit pension scheme? This isn’t the thought of a random blogger but a … Continue reading
Has TPR become the insurer’s new trade body?
Over the bank holiday weekend, I’ve been blogging about the new orthodoxy, that buy-out of benefits is in the member’s best interests. Quietroom have published an article in Professional Pensions explaining how best to get this message across and … Continue reading
PEXIT – Why is there a consolidation crunch?
For years the Government has argued that there are too many occupational pension schemes and promised to make it easier for trustees of DB and DC pension schemes to resign their obligations , passing them to commercial organisations … Continue reading
Is the DB funding code any good? Ask sponsoring employers.
It’s been a tough week for the Pensions Regulator. They came off second best at the WPF, both to the line of questioning from Stephen Timms, Nigel Mills and others, but also to the FCA who were able to … Continue reading
TPR, FCA and PPF give LDI evidence tomorrow
The Work and Pensions Committee’s Oral evidence sessions have proved the most accessible and wide-ranging of the various inquiries into what happened when LDI blew up in September and October. Tomorrow, Weds. 14th, the WPC meet again This is likely … Continue reading