We’re delighted to announce that Reading Buses has chosen to consolidate its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme into TPT’s DB Complete Master Trust. The Reading Buses scheme holds around £50m in assets on behalf of almost 450 members, and will receive the full TPT DB Master Trust service including fiduciary management, actuarial, covenant, administration, accounting and professional trustee guidance. Fiduciary management services for the scheme will be provided by TPT Investment Management. Laurence Jenkins, Finance Director at Reading Buses, said: “The DB scheme is an important benefit for not only the current active members but the deferred members and the pensioners. The scheme has been well run by the current Trustee Board and advisers, however, governance was becoming increasingly onerous, with the costs of running the scheme also increasing. It was therefore the right time for us to review whether there was a more effective and efficient way of running the Scheme. Following this review, it was clear that there were significant service benefits for the members and investment and cost benefits for the company in moving to TPT’s DB Master Trust. The transition to TPT has been a very smooth process and we’re grateful to the Trustees and their advisers for their support with the transfer. We are really pleased to be partnering with TPT on the running of the Scheme and look forward to working with them in ensuring that the members and company receive a high-quality service.” Find out more: https://lnkd.in/edkr4rRE #readingbuses #welcome #tptdbmastertrust
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Really looking forward to working with our clients on the new requirements. A couple of useful links below for those starting to think about strategy under the new regime. https://lnkd.in/eJ8q4jHt https://lnkd.in/enfmNspx #fiduciarymanagement #ocio #pensions
Trustees of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes whose actuarial valuation dates are effective on or after 22 September 2024 should now refer to our new DB funding code. This new DB funding code sets out our guidance and expectations on how to comply with the funding and investment strategy (FIS) requirements. The new DB funding code was laid in Parliament on 29 July 2024 and is expected to come into force in late November. To comply with the new requirements, schemes must submit a statement of strategy. The new DB funding code and FIS requirements will help schemes focus on their long-term objectives. We have published supporting documents to assist trustees with meeting their obligations https://lnkd.in/eU7kW_HZ
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K3 Advisory have today said there are potentially hundreds of small pension schemes unaware they are within ‘cheque writing distance’ of being able to afford to buyout their scheme liabilities and urged trustees to take action. According to data from the Pension Protection Fund’s 2023 Purple Book, 26% of schemes with fewer than 99 members are estimated to be between 75% and 100% funded on a buyout basis (487 schemes). Andrea Mendham, Partner and Head of Buy-in to Buyout services commented: “These figures are unlike anything we have seen before in terms of funding positions for small pension schemes – and it provides an opportunity that many could not have foreseen to secure member benefits and take the scheme off the sponsoring company’s balance sheet. However, many of the trustees of these schemes are completely oblivious to how close to being fully funded on buyout they are.” #DBpensions #bulkannuities #buyin #buyout #K3 https://lnkd.in/eAB7_ZdQ
Hundreds of small DB pension schemes may be unaware they are in ‘cheque writing distance’ to buyout, says K3
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On 29 January 2024, the government finally published the Funding and Investment Regulations that pave the way for a new Funding Code for DB pension schemes, and a new funding regime that will apply to valuations from 22 September 2024. In this blog, David Fairs shares his thoughts on the new regulations https://lnkd.in/eZQZGpyc
At long last, new regulations fire the starting gun for the new funding regime
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DWP hints at a more nuanced approach to VFM - Pension Oldie explains why! https://lnkd.in/efJ9_6Hx To schemes declaring VFM using marked to market valuations, that means high allocations to the preferred private market funds could imperil the VFM of the scheme as a whole.
DWP hints at a more nuanced approach to VFM – Pension Oldie explains why!
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Anyone charging into the private assets space take heed. Some pertinent excerpts from the attached below: ‘Investing into any new type of asset requires a full understanding of its characteristics – not only risk and expected net return, but its alignment to liabilities.’ ‘Further, decision makers must be fluent in the nuances of illiquid assets as to fees and valuation, which are unlike the public market assets in which DC schemes have typically invested to-date. Our recommendation to DC scheme trustees and sponsoring employers of any DC arrangement, from single employer schemes to master trusts and group personal pensions, is to undertake a full education process ahead of any decision making.’
Redington_What-does-the-latest-illiquids-guidance-mean-for-DC-schemes-1.pdf
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this Code is already out of date. It needs to be updated to address the rights and responsibilities of pension stewards, as stewards of a dignified future for their promisees, directly, and promisor, indirectly, that will also be a dignified future for all of society, consequently. Which gives us a chance to ponder the word "steward", which means both caring for and temporary, as in "temporary caring for" something for someone else. Pension fiduciaries are stewards in the sense of "caring for". But they are not stewards in the sense of "temporary". A pension promise is forever. A pension has a fiduciary duty to forever. The pension promise is a forever machine. It must be cared for forever.
TPR publishes its General Code
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𝐁𝐏 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐨𝐟-𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 To anyone not directly affected by the BP Pensions crisis, this might sound generous. Current BP employees on a different pension scheme might believe the internal hype that this generous offer has ‘𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞’. 𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 As MP Alistair Carmichael recently reminded the pensions minister during a debate in Westminster Hall: “𝘈 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.” When referring to the response he finally received from BP on the matter, Carmichael said: “𝘉𝘗’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥… 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.” Pensioners have now started receiving reminders from the Chairman of the BP Benevolent Fund (the bp Helios Fund) to remind everyone that they have until the 31st March 2024 to apply for this one-off cost-of-living assistance grant (COLAG). We are also advised that the Fund has received approximately 3,700 applications to-date, with around 1,200 applicants having already received payments. ➡ Does this suggest that BP are desperate to try and demonstrate that it has acted in the best interests of its pensioners, despite rejecting a ‘𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞’ increase proposed by the BP Pension Fund Trustees? ➡ Does this suggest that BP has ‘𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞’ with this one-off Grant? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞… #BPpensions #csr #esg
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As many in the industry will be aware, most endgame strategies for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes have focused on achieving buy-out to fully de-risk the scheme. However, the improvements in DB funding are also driving some to think about running on their DB schemes instead. In this article, Carolyn Saunders and I explore the key issues that will need to be considered when running-on a scheme, as well as some practical takeaways for trustees and employers. https://lnkd.in/eZ6GiRUP
To run on or not? Considerations regarding run-on strategies for DB pension schemes
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Are low credit spreads masking pension scheme risks? In Paul Houghton's latest blog, he explores: 🔵 the impact of current low credit spreads on pension schemes; 🔵 potential pitfalls in de-risking strategies; 🔵 how this fits with the new DB Funding Code; and 🔵 re-evaluating long-term funding targets in light of market conditions. Is your scheme's funding improvement real, or just a quirk of the current market? Read our analysis to ensure you're making informed decisions about your pension strategy 👉 https://lnkd.in/eU8YnRnh #PensionRisk #InvestmentStrategy #DBFunding
Barnett Waddingham - Evaluating pension scheme risks amid low credit spreads | Barnett Waddingham
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Our latest analysis shows running a small DB pension scheme is 4 times costlier than a larger one. This cost gap is crucial for trustees and sponsors to weigh when deciding whether to continue the scheme or opt for a buy-out. Schemes below £250m are unlikely to persist solely based on economics. Laura McLaren commented “Running on beyond buy-out funding is likely to be expensive for small schemes. TPR’s 2014 research found that the mean cost of running a small DB scheme was £1,054 per member, compared with £505 for a medium scheme and £281 for a large scheme. Based on these numbers, our modelling suggests that for small schemes annual expenses are 0.55 per cent of scheme assets, compared with 0.13% per cent for large schemes. The practical costs and challenges of managing a scheme for another 20 years tend to be amplified for small schemes.” https://okt.to/QL0n8J #pensions #finances
Small DB schemes four times as expensive to run: Hymans Robertson
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