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Abolition of DB/DC transfers could spark liabilities ‘firesale’
Global Pensions | 13 Aug 2010
UK - The Department for Work and Pensions' plans to abolish transfers between contracted-out defined benefit and defined contribution schemes could lead to a “firesale” of final salary liabilities, a consultant warns.
TPR signs off on BA deficit recovery deal
UK - British Airways' deal with its scheme trustee over how to plug its £3.7bn deficit has been approved by The Pensions Regulator.
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Giovanni Legorano speaks with Ronald Wuijster, managing director strategic portfolio management at APG Asset Management about its approach to fiduciary management and the problems associated with illiquid assets
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C&W reports £136m deficit following demerger
UK/GLOBAL - The defined benefit section of the recently formed Cable & Wireless Worldwide Retirement Plan has £136m (US$195.8m) deficit, end of year results show.
BA deficit agreement set for regulator scrutiny
UK - British Airways will present plans for a restructure of its defined benefit schemes to The Pensions Regulator next month after it concluded talks with trade unions over its £3.7bn (US$5.3bn) deficit.
PPF and scheme trustee to withdraw $550m Visteon claim
US/UK - The trustee of the Visteon UK Pension Plan and the Pension Protection Fund are withdrawing a US$550m (£350m) claim against Visteon Corporation.
Most trustees think they should be paid
UK - More than half of pension scheme trustees in the UK think they should be paid for their role.
PPF and Visteon scheme trustees lodge $550m claim against US parent
US/UK - The Pension Protection Fund and Visteon UK scheme trustees have filed a US$550m claim against US Visteon Corporation to recover money for the fund.
Reader’s Digest scheme enters PPF assessment period
UK - The Reader's Digest Pension Scheme has entered the Pension Protection Fund’s assessment period.
PCS: Regulator must criticise 8% rate
UK - The Pensions Regulator should speak out against the “rubbish” 8% minimum auto-enrolment contribution, a consultant says.
Cable & Wireless separates schemes in demerger
UK - Cable & Wireless has agreed a demerger settlement which will see its pension provision split into two separate schemes.
Regulator and PPF appeal rulings in Nortel case
UK - The Pensions Regulator is appealing a court decision to stop its attempts to seek £2.1bn (US$3.2bn) from Nortel Networks on behalf of the struggling UK pension scheme.
UK General Election 2010: Pensions could play 'pivotal' role in general election
UK - Pensions could play a pivotal role in how the voting swings in the general election, Nigel Waterson says.
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