Occupational pensions
How APG is navigating overhaul of Dutch pensions
Firm is helping two funds move on to defined-contribution contracts, but it won't be plain sailing
UK pensions may struggle to capitalise on fully funded status
Bond yield spike reduced liabilities, but schemes need to sell illiquids at markdown to offload risk
The race to offload the world’s biggest pool of assets
Specialist insurers on both sides of the Atlantic expect a bumper post-Covid second half of 2021
UK pension reform a boost for risk-focused funds
Absolute return strategies face competition from safety-first alternatives
UK annuity reforms may squeeze insurers' appetite for illiquid assets
Allocations to infrastructure and property expected to reduce following Budget
Swedish life insurers weigh occupational pensions spin-off ahead of Solvency II
Directive threatens to put hybrid pensions providers at a competitive disadvantage and force them to split-up businesses
Rolls-Royce completes £3bn longevity swap deal
Deal is latest in longevity swap trend that has seen more than £11 billion in pension scheme liability risks transferred to banks and insurers
EU financial transaction tax proposals would hit pensions hard, say experts
Pension funds could soon have to bear the cost of a Europe-wide tax on equity, bonds, currency and derivative transactions, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds
Companies fail to address increasing scheme member longevity
For every extra year a pension scheme member lives, liabilities increase 3%, according to Club Vita's Gaches
FTSE100 pension deficits slashed by £32bn
Report says firms are finding increasingly innovative ways to plug deficits
Irish sovereign annuities could reduce pension liabilities by 30%
Irish sovereign annuities could reduce pension liabilities by 30%
State pension rollback provides opportunity for insurers
Out of the ashes
Pension fund risk manager of the year: Pension Protection Fund
Risk awards 2011
Opinion: Senseless centralisation
Senseless centralisation
Pensions In-Depth: Video interview with Geoffrey Staines
In an interview with GP's sister title Professional Pensions, Daily Mail & General Trust pensions director Geoffrey Staines talks to Jonathan Stapleton about communications, risk management and in-scheme resource.
EC: We don’t sit in an ivory tower finding solutions to problems that don’t exist
Despite having no evidence the EC says lack of pension portability is a major barrier to labour market mobility
Large pension funds a threat to financial stability – European Commission
European Commission says pension funds should also be classed as “too big to fail”
NAPF: EU Solvency II proposals could undermine provision
Insurance regulatory capital framework is "inappropriate" for the European pension industry, say organisations
Financial crisis whets appetite for LDI by German pension funds
German corporate pension plans turn their attention to interest rate and inflation hedging
EFRP takes stance on pension regulation harmonisation
Finding harmony