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Clearance applications fall by more than half Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 00:00
The Pensions Regulator’s annual report for 2008/09 reveals that it granted 68 clearance applications during the year, less than half the 143 granted in 2007/08.
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Babcock International’s longevity swap deal goes through Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 00:00
The trustees of one of Babcock International’s pension schemes, the Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd plan, have now finalised a longevity swap contract with Credit Suisse.
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Merger of professional actuarial bodies fails Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 00:00
A total of 73.5% of members of the Faculty of Actuaries (the professional body for actuaries in Scotland) and 71.6% of members of the Institute of Actuaries (the comparable body in England) recently voted in favour of a merger.
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Largest ever deficit for FTSE 100 pension schemes Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 00:00
THE DEFINED-BENEFIT pension schemes of the FTSE 100 companies had a deficit of £96 billion as at mid-July 2009, based on figures calculated from disclosures in company accounts. Actuarial consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP), which has published the data in its 16th annual survey1, says that this is the largest deficit ever revealed in company accounts since the international accounting standard IAS19 was introduced.
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First Quench advisers investigated Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 00:00
THE Accountancy & Actuarial Discipline Board (AADB) has launched its second investigation into the conduct of advisers to the First Quench Pension Fund. The complaints against the advisers relate to a proposal to replace First Quench, which owns a number of offlicence chains, including Wine Rack and Threshers, as the sponsoring employer under the pension scheme with another organisation that has not been identified.
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