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Jettisoning schemes is liberating for companies that have long struggled with volatile deficits
Funds sell stocks and lock in higher bond yields to make DB plans more attractive to insurers
Rising gilt yields have led to improvements in scheme funding levels
UCU says ‘two-week period of calm’ comes as ‘significant progress’ made in negotiations over pay and working conditions
France’s president faces hardening opposition to raising the retirement age as strikes continue
Even if there is, suitable infrastructure projects to invest in are lacking
Calls for greater oversight of LDI strategies after last year’s turmoil in gilt markets
Lessons from the UK’s near-meltdown
Comfortable world of defined benefit schemes has dominated UK news — what about the rest of us?
Calls grow for regulation of UK’s influential and concentrated investment advice sector
The meltdown was an early warning about radical changes in financial markets and suggests pension systems might not be fit for purpose
Shortcomings exposed when yields soared while lifeboat scheme was much better organised
Every crisis tends to be followed by an equal and opposite regulatory reaction
More cautious approach to liability-driven investing after Truss mini-Budget means returns may fall, MPs told
Details of one of the biggest known disposals by a corporate scheme revealed to MPs
Improvement in annuity rates slashes money needed for compensation linked to British Steel Pension Scheme
Insurer’s chair and chief executive tell House of Lords bond sell-off ‘caught us all by surprise’
Policymakers say more must be done to address blind spot revealed by September’s gilt crisis
Employees at 150 campuses to walk out for three days over pay and pensions
The telco’s £40bn pension liability remains an albatross around its neck
Action taken after funds were forced to dump UK government bonds to raise cash for margin calls
Reduced demand from pension funds will change the government bond market
UK defined benefit pension schemes have never been in better shape thanks in large part to the investment strategy
Derivatives trade body calls for access to central bank-backed facility to avoid fire-sales
Drop in value follows year in which the scheme’s assets had already fallen by £10.4bn
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