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14JunJune 14, 2017

UK. Pensions Regulator warns over dividends

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) warned it would "intervene" in individual circumstances where schemes were being treated unfairly. In a review of Britain's defined benefit pension schemes published today the TPR said British corporate profits have grown over the last three years. But as dividend paid have increased, there has not been an associated increase in payments into so-called deficit repair contributions, in other words, the amount paid to plug pension holes. SCHRODERS TALK UK election result: what it means for markets, the economy...

June 14, 2017

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13JunJune 13, 2017

UK. BMW workers reject offer to end pensions dispute

BMW plans to link the value of a worker's pension to the pension fund's performance on the stock market, instead of final salary. 14:25, UK, Monday 12 June 2017 BMW logos are seen on an automobile wheel at the 2017 New York International Auto Show in New York City, U.S. April 13, 2017 Image: The long-running dispute at BMW is over changes to its pensions scheme Workers at three BMW plants in the UK have voted to reject a deal designed to end a long-running...

June 13, 2017

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12JunJune 12, 2017

Regulator questions UK pension providers on use of offshore reinsurance.

The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority, a division of the Bank of England, is reported to have begun questioning UK pension insurers and providers over their use of offshore reinsurance to transfer pension risks. Bank of England logoWith pension de-risking a top priority for insurers, as pension providers grapple with lower returns and longevity risk, among other issues, offloading some or all of a pension scheme to reinsurers has become increasingly attractive. The UK’s Times newspaper reported at the weekend that Sam...

June 12, 2017

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09JunJune 9, 2017

How Gold Can Rescue Pensions

The World Economic Forum, in conjunction with Mercers (the actuaries) recently estimated that the combined pension deficit currently stands at $66.9tr for eight countries, rising to $427.8tr in 2050. The eight countries are Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Netherlands, UK and US. Of the 2016 figure, $50.5tr is unfunded government and public employee pension promises. Yes, we are now talking in hundreds of trillions. Other welfare-providing states missing from the list have deficits that are additional to these estimates. $66.9tr is...

June 9, 2017

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07JunJune 7, 2017

UK. Nicola Sturgeon goes on the offensive at Tory ‘plunder on pensions’

Campaigning in the North East ahead of tonight’s STV debate, she made the point that a vote for Ruth Davidson's party would mean Tory MPs that would “rubber stamp” the cuts of Theresa May. Her appeal was to older voters who she claimed could make a crucial difference in an election that has seen the Tory throw away a 22 point lead and led to parties in Scotland asking for votes in anticipation of being kingmakers in Westminister. The SNP have...

June 7, 2017

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02JunJune 2, 2017

UK. Women born in the ‘abandoned decade’ feel ‘penalized’

Official parliamentary figures show that a total of 2.66 million women have lost out due to the changes introduced in the Pension Acts of 1995 and 2011, affecting women born between April 1953 and April 1960. Shocking statistics show some women in this age bracket have lost on average up to £12,000, according to House of Commons Library figures, due to having their retirement age pushed back. Under the 1995 Act, the government decided that the pension ages of both men...

June 2, 2017

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26MayMay 26, 2017

UK. Pensions are sitting on a global time bomb, warns WEF

The world’s biggest economies are sitting on a $70 trillion (£54 trillion) pensions time bomb that will balloon to more than $400 trillion within four decades unless policymakers take urgent action, the World Economic Forum has warned. Analysis by the WEF showed the six countries with biggest pensions – the US, UK, Japan, Netherlands, Canada and Australia – as well as China and India – the two most populous countries in the world – faced a retirement savings gap of $428 trillion in 2050,...

May 26, 2017

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24MayMay 24, 2017

UK. Government austerity demands that we die within our means

As we move towards the general election, we are paralyzed by what is probably the biggest single issue affecting ordinary people in the country: austerity. We are unable to fully understand both the economic madness of austerity and the true scale of the human cost and death toll that ‘fiscal discipline’ has unleashed. Since coming into power as Prime Minister, Theresa May has made a strategic decision not to use the word ‘austerity’. Instead she has adopted a more palatable...

May 24, 2017

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18MayMay 18, 2017

UK. State pension ‘triple lock’ to go: effects on the retirement income

The "triple lock" on state pension increases are set to be shelved by 2020 by a Tory government. The Government is to call time on the measure which promises the state pension will rise each year by the highest of one of three measures: wage growth, inflation or 2.5pc. Introduced by the Coalition government in 2010, the lock means the basic state pension is worth £106.8p a year more than it would have been if only a "double lock" - based...

May 18, 2017

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17MayMay 17, 2017

UK. Tata Steel agrees British pensions deal

India's Tata Steel (TISC.NS) has agreed the main terms of a deal to cut benefits for its British pension scheme in a move that will see the firm back a new plan that will pose less risk to the company. The pension scheme is a major stumbling block in talks to merge Tata's British and European steel assets with those of Thyssenkrupp (TKAG.DE), because the German company is opposed to taking on 15 billion pounds ($19.37 billion) in UK pension...

May 17, 2017

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