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- Protecting Pension Scheme Members from Scams
- Funding levels resilient despite global political uncertainty
- Continued transfer value stability over August
- XPS Pensions Group supports Pension Awareness Day in Reading
- XPS Pensions Group’s acquisition of Kier Pensions Unit continues the growth of its market leading pensions administration services
- PPF consultation on the 2019/20 levy
- XPS Investment News: Twists and turns but UK pension schemes end the quarter up
- Continued transfer value stability over Q3 2018
- SHPS valuation results finally released – the clock is ticking for employers
- Video: XPS Pensions Group Annual Pensions Conference 2018
- Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS) valuation results – the wait is over
- XPS Express For Employers
- DWP confirms new investment duties for trustees
- CMA finds that tendering of FM contracts could lead to reduction of fees of over 20%
- GMP equalisation: light at the end of the tunnel?
- Another Quiet Budget for Pensions
- Worst month for global equities since August 2011
- What role could Emerging Markets play in my investment Strategy?
- Transfer values rise during October
- Implementing IORP II
- GMP Equalisation: Next steps for pension schemes and employers
- Up to 8 out of 10 pension schemes’ employers must now reflect the cost of equalising GMP benefits in company accounts
- The Future of Liability Driven Investment (LDI)
- Steve Leake awarded ‘2018 Pensions Actuary of the Year’ by Actuarial Post
- The CMA’s final report and what it means for your scheme
- GMP equalisation: Time to take stock?
- Consolidation of defined benefit pension schemes
- Government fires starting pistol for collective DC schemes
- Ten key dates for 2019
- Equity markets - All the bad news priced in?
- New ‘SAPS 3’ mortality tables
- Transfer values experience volatile end to 2018
- Auto-enrolment: minimum requirements to increase
- PPF confirms details of the 2019/20 levy
- XPS Pension Group appointed as advisers to the Johnson Controls and Tyco pension schemes
- Brexit update – a pension investment perspective
- Superfunds provide new end-game option
- Good news for GMP Equalisation - costs may be much lower than expected
- Making sense of GMP Conversion
- XPS Pensions Group believes superfunds should only pay out profits when members’ benefits are secured
- Investment News: A positive start to a busy year
- XPS Pensions Group Announces New Senior Hire
- XPS Pension Group appointed as investment advisers to the Harrods Group Pension Plan
- Transfer values fluctuate during January but end month unchanged
- Will it finally be RIP for RPI?
- New, stronger powers for TPR confirmed by Government
- Investment opportunities for DC schemes set to expand
- XPS Pensions Group expands Investment Transitions Team
- Future pension changes expected to impact corporate activity
- TPR introduces long-term funding target
- Risk management – are you getting value or just ticking the boxes?
- Will 2019 blow your scheme off course?
- Calm before the storm?
- Transfer values increased before ending month unchanged
- 2019 Regulator Funding Statement requires more from employers
- Balancing dividends and pension contributions
- Lisa Whitby appointed Head of Pensions for XPS Pensions Group in Leeds
- Transfer values rise sharply during March
- LDI market smashes through £1 trillion
- LDI market smashes through the £1 trillion barrier according to XPS Investment survey
- Markets fare well against a largely negative backdrop
- XPS Pensions Group launch EqualGMP service for pension schemes
- Fiduciary Managers struggle to deliver their performance targets in 2018’s testing markets
- XPS FM Watch | Fiduciary Managers struggle to deliver their performance targets
- CMI 2018: a new parameter to help pension schemes
- XPS Administration says schemes need to get ‘Pension Dashboard Ready’ now
- DWP guidance gives green light for schemes to get ready now for GMP Equalisation
- 8 out of 10 fund managers believe pension schemes should positively influence climate change
- Life expectancy, member options and pension increases all drive benefit payments
- XPS Pensions Group’s acquires RL Corporate Pension Services Limited
- The diversification trap, and how to avoid it
- New Survey: Member outcomes under freedom and choice
- XPS survey shows 70,000 DB members exercise pensions freedoms each year - more education and support is required to create better outcomes
- GMP conversion guidance published: a good first step?
- XPS Pensions Group partners with the Mental Health Foundation ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week
- Government gives go ahead to collective DC schemes
- XPS launches XPS Transfer Watch tracking numbers of transfers and values
- Tax Help for Older People
- XPS partner with Tax Help for Older People for a second year
- Delighted to receive 2 awards at prestigious industry event...
- How long will your members live?
- Increasing trade tensions rock global markets
- All change for scheme funding?
- XPS identify scam activity warning signs on £73m of pension savings
- CMA publishes its long awaited Order
- Transfer values near record highs while transfer activity remains steady
- TPR urges schemes to explore use of contingent assets
- Which GMP equalisation method should you choose?
- Ranked No.1 Third Party Administrator in 2019 survey
- Equity Markets Bounce Back and Special on Managing Longevity
- Accounting for pensions: managing the £260 billion Accounting Gap
- Pension changes could result in a £260bn Accounting Gap
- XPS joins STAR initiative to improve industry standards for pension transfers
- Transfer values and transfer activity stabilise over June
- 75% of pension schemes believe we need more investment to improve data
- XPS Pensions Group appoints Alasdair Gill to head its Investment Team in Scotland
- New Survey: How well are DB pension schemes run?
- Many pension schemes are falling short of the Pensions Regulator’s expectations
- Taking control of your pension scheme’s future
- XPS Pensions Group announce three new Partners for the business
- Managing your Accounting Gap
- Understanding longevity and its impact on pension schemes
- TPR seeks to make the trustee model work better
- Managing your pension online
- Brexit concerns come back to the forefront
- Transfer values and transfer activity increase during July
- XPS Pensions Group appoints James Leeming as Head of Investment in Manchester
- Scheme funding: TPR’s twelfth analysis
- The National Pension Trust achieves master trust authorisation
- Taking control of your pension scheme’s future | Part 2 - Understanding Liabilities
- Does the Railways Pension Scheme need to get back on track?
- XPS Pensions Group appointed as advisers to the Greene King Pension Scheme
- New requirements for schemes to tender for Fiduciary Management Services
- New Video - Accounting for Pensions
- Transfer values hit all time high in August
- How interest rate falls are affecting your pension scheme
- XPS Pensions Group makes new senior appointments
- XPS Pensions Group hired Harry Harper as Head of Risk Transfer
- Government bond yields fall to unprecedented lows
- UK gilt market – special update
- How well do you know your members?
- XPS Administration recognised as an Investor in People
- Further changes to SIP requirements for trustees
- Transfer values peak in August but activity is down
- The Equitable Life saga takes a step forward
- Taking control of your pension scheme’s future | Part 3 - Understanding Assets
- PPF looks to raise £620m levy in 2020/21
- Providing your members with access to advice
- Transfer values volatile over September
- A tough quarter for pension schemes
- 35% of schemes have or are considering appointing an IFA
- Providing members access to unbiased financial advice
- RPI to be aligned with CPIH
- Queen’s Speech: Pension Schemes Bill announced
- Taking control of your pension scheme’s future | Part 4 - Understanding members
- Queen's Speech includes new Pensions Bill
- Helping your employees with the pensions tax trap
- XPS Risk Transfer News | Your scheme may be closer to buyout than you think
- PPF levies expected to go up by 8% on average
- Funding levels rise despite volatile asset performance
- Transfer values plunge during October as activity increases
- XPS Pensions Group acquire Trigon Professional Services Limited
- Potential changes to RPI inflation are impacting schemes now
- XPS joins the Valuable 500 to promote disability inclusion
- Global equities rally continuing their strong run in 2019
- A calm before the storm for transfer values?
- XPS Radar wins ‘Actuarial Software of the Year’
- Risk Transfer TV - Latest Risk Transfer Buyout News
- PPF announces levy adjustment for 2020/21
- Pensions Past, Present and Yet to Come
- Equities finish 2019 with another strong quarter
- Pension Schemes Bill 2020 heralds most significant changes in decade
- December completes a turbulent year for transfer values
- Pension Schemes Bill heralds significant change for UK Pensions
- Sustainable investment: harnessing the power of pensions
- The PPF consults on new D&B insolvency risk scores
- New Regulator powers will increase risk management obligations
- Investment Outlook: A Vision for 2020
- Risk Transfer TV- talking longevity with Pension Insurance Corporation
- An eventful month to start the year
- Potential change to Retail Price Inflation (RPI) will impact member options now
- Transfer values regain lost ground in January
- XPS Risk Transfer TV - Channel
- Regulator to set out clear expectations for trustee knowledge and governance
- ESG Integration: How Fiduciary Managers stack up
- XPS finds a disparate approach to ESG integration in their latest ‘FM Watch’
- All employers should now review their pension strategy
- Funding consultation sets hard deadline to reach funding targets
- Regulator’s funding consultation will drive detailed robust pension strategies
- Is your scheme’s well-hedged LDI strategy more exposed to RPI reform than you think?
- Coronavirus: Implications for UK Pension Schemes
- Risk Transfer TV - XPS in conversation with Jamie Cole from Aviva
- Coronavirus fears cause transfer values to rise during February
- XPS responds to Bank of England interest rate cuts
- XPS Express for Employers - Channel
- Budget for unsettled times introduces significant pensions tax change
- Latest on the Impact of coronavirus on Pension Schemes
- RPI to be aligned with CPIH some time between 2025 and 2030
- Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Planning Update
- XPS comments on Bank of England’s latest rate cut
- Breaking News - Interview with David Fairs, TPR
- TPR guides trustees in unprecedented times
- Pensions Regulator gives guidance on managing COVID-19 pension risks
- XPS News
- Falling Bulk Annuity Pricing due to market turmoil
- Market turmoil causes Bulk Annuity Pricing to fall
- Business Continuity Plan
- COVID-19 and implications for DC Schemes
- Trustees need to engage with members looking to leave DB pension schemes
- Pensions Regulator limits urgent COVID-19 actions to three months
- COVID-19 pensions actions for employers
- XPS News – Investment Special
- The most challenging global economic environment in almost a century
- XPS’ reviews pension scheme funding levels and highlights potential scenarios for months ahead
- COVID-19 Checklist of key actions for trustees
- Impact of COVID-19 on transfers from defined benefit pension schemes
- COVID-19 leads to most volatile month yet for transfer values
- Pensions Regulator continues to expand online COVID-19 guidance
- PPF confirms details of D&B scoring for levies
- Recent trends in mortality and CMI 2019
- Investment Market Briefing for UK Pension Schemes
- Watch our recent webcast | XPS Live with The Pensions Regulator
- XPS Administration Lockdown Challenge
- Risk Transfer TV - XPS in conversation with Paige Wilson from Legal and General
- Risk Transfer TV - XPS in conversation with Beatrice Male from Legal and General
- Accounting for pensions – has your balance sheet improved?
- XPS take action as risks of scams increase amidst COVID-19
- Regulator reinforces importance of long-term for pension funds
- Regulator allows for COVID-19 impacts in 2020 Annual Funding Statement
- Markets rebound strongly but volatility continues
- Fiduciary Managers under the spotlight
- XPS reveals improvement in fiduciary manager performance in 2019
- COVID-19 crisis puts the brakes on transfer activity as quotation requests fall by a third
- XPS Pensions Group announce two new promotions to Partner
- Risk Transfer TV - XPS in conversation with Peter Jennings from Just
- Watch our recent webcast | XPS Live | Investing your way through the crisis
- Best performing Fiduciary Managers of 2019 suffer biggest losses in 2020
- How well have fiduciary managers tackled the COVID-19 crisis?
- How well have fiduciary managers tackled the current crisis?
- Actions for employers with 2019/20 funding valuations
- COVID-19: understanding the impact on members’ life expectancy
- XPS COVID-19 Tracker indicates deaths close to 50,000
- Sophia Singleton joins XPS Pensions Group to lead its growing DC business
- Risk markets continue their rally
- Pensions changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Transfers Bounce Back to Almost Hit 2019 Record Highs
- COVID-19 – a national second wave or a regional surge?
- FCA bans contingent charging for pensions transfer advice
- New Scheme Vulnerability Analysis to assess COVID-19 impact on life expectancy
- XPS launch 'Scheme Vulnerability Analysis' to assess the impact of COVID-19 on pensioner life expectancy
- XPS News - Administration Special
- Pensions Regulator’s updated COVID-19 guidance increases expectations
- Pension Scheme Mortality: XPS COVID-19 Tracker Video
- Watch our recent XPS Live Webcast | Bulk Annuities and Superfunds Opportunities
- Pensions Regulator issues guidance for defined benefit superfunds
- Managing employee pension costs to meet developing challenges
- New Survey Launch | 2020 Accounting for Pensions Survey
- XPS has released its third annual pensions accounting survey and calls for a new approach to the year-end accounting for pensions process.
- Global equities erase all losses experienced in 2020
- XPS’ Third Member Outcomes Survey predicts increasing member vulnerability in pension transfer activity over next 12 months
- New Survey Launch | Increasing risk for members transferring anticipated
- COVID-19 – Weekly Deaths Below 2019 Levels But Growing Implications For Survivors?
- Watch our recent XPS Live Webcast | Protecting Member Outcomes with TPR’s Fiona Frobisher
- COVID-19 – Potential for a Winter Wave?
- Transfer values continue to rise to a new record high
- New Launch | XPS COVID-19 Impact Analytics
- Impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy could reduce pension scheme liabilities by up to £90bn
- A better way for trustees to implement investment decisions
- XPS launches XPS Concierge – to bridge the gap between Traditional Consulting and Full Delegation
- XPS Fund Manager Conference reveals 85% Asset Managers believe Economic Recovery is at least Two Years Away
- COVID-19 – a second European wave?
- Actions for employers as transfer activity takes off again
- Investment Market Update for UK Pension Schemes
- Bulk annuity market heading for £20bn – £30bn in 2020
- XPS Pensions Group announces Paul Armitage as the new Head for The National Pension Trust
- Male deaths twice that of females below age 65
- Market uncertainty returns as COVID-19 infections continue to rise
- DB Transfers continue as advice crunch looms
- Helping trustees and employers understand the impact of COVID-19 on their pension schemes
- XPS Pensions Group awarded FT’s PIPA ‘Technology Services of the Year’ Award
- The importance of understanding COVID-19 numbers
- XPS News | COVID-19 Impact on Pension Schemes
- Emerging issues in valuations
- XPS Pensions Group warns mature schemes could see deficits double without a transition period under new Fast Track funding rules
- Global equities finish the summer strongly
- Is the indirect impact of COVID-19 now the biggest risk pension schemes should consider?
- Scam red flags seen in half of all post lockdown pension transfers
- Should pension schemes consider the impact of all serious diseases rather than just COVID-19?
- XPS launch Red Flag Index as the risk of pension scams increases
- Pensioners owed as much as £25,000 in back payments from GMP equalisation
- XPS wins two prestigious awards at UK Employee Experience Awards 2020
- New Service | A Faster More Efficient Way to Tackle GMP Equalisation
- Pensions Regulator’s COVID-19 update signals return to business as usual
- PPF provides one year’s levy grace but warns of higher levies in 2022/3
- Getting value and efficiency from GMP equalisation
- How long can market prices and infections rise in tandem?
- XPS calls for fund managers to step up on climate risk data
- XPS Transfer Watch - Scam Red Flags surge to 62% of cases
- COVID-19 | Second Wave – Time to Brace Ourselves?
- XPS News | Scam Prevention Special
- PPF’s pre-COVID strength allows reduced levies for 2021/22
- Should pension schemes be worried about interest rates going negative?
- UK fund managers expect interest rates and long term yields to fall before they rise, according to XPS
- Improving member outcomes. Should you govern or consolidate?
- FCA consultation on property fund notice periods – what are the implications for pension schemes?
- XPS calls for DWP to consider staggering requirements by scheme size
- Reflecting COVID-19 in company accounting for pensions
- Soaring COVID-19 infections impact asset markets and the US election results unfold
- Pensions Regulator issues guidance for those considering a superfund
- Risk Transfer TV - XPS in conversation with Ashu Bhargava from Clara
- Pensions industry asked to ‘step up processes’ to protect member interests and combat pension scams
- XPS are proud to commit to the Pensions Regulator’s Pledge to combat pension scams
- Pensions Regulator issues guidance for trustees on employer distress
- Pensions Industry asked to step up to protect members as scam red flags remain high
- TPR's pledge on pension scams | Actions you can take to protect your members
- Government ramps up focus on climate change for pension schemes
- COVID-19 Vaccines – An Injection of Hope?
- XPS research shows pension liabilities in UK company accounts could be overestimated by up to £60bn
- XPS say DB Scheme Members will be amongst hardest hit by RPI decision
- RPI now expected to align with CPIH in February 2030
- Scam protection – taking the Pensions Regulator’s pledge
- XPS’ Audience poll reveals half of scheme representatives believe the fiduciary duty hinders trustees in their ability to address climate change
- XPS wins Business Culture Awards
- Schemes required to equalise past transfer values for GMP inequalities
- Risk Transfer TV - XPS in conversation with Antony Barker from The Pension Superfund
- UK equities have best month since 1989... off the back of encouraging COVID-19 vaccine news
- XPS say Pension Scam Red flags at Highest Level Recorded
- XPS reveals pensioners owed up to £32,000 in GMP back payments
- XPS Pensions Group announces new partnership with TeamPolice
- AMNT Member Survey sheds light on the effect of the current pandemic but raises a concern for the future
- Watch our recent XPS Live Webcast | Let’s Stand up for Members and Stamp out Pension Scams
- XPS Pensions Group Appoints New Head of Covenant
- Markets rally to cap off one of the most extraordinary years in history
- 20% fall in transfer activity but 49% indicated at least one red flag warning of a pension scam
- 2021 outlook for pension scheme trustees and employers
- FCA sees ‘signs of improvement’ in transfer advice but key challenges remain
- XPS Wins Software of the Year Award for the Second Year Running
- How employers can respond to changes to RPI inflation
- Does the GameStop experience highlight a need for pension schemes to avoid ‘short selling’ investments?
- XPS appointed as Actuarial and Investment Advisors to Trustees of Mitchells & Butlers Pension Schemes
- Individual investors show the might of their collective stock buying power
- DC Agenda | Six priorities for your next DC Meeting
- January transfer values and activity remain stable whilst scam red flags fall slightly
- Pension Schemes Act 2021 heralds introduction of major reforms
- XPS says the DWP ignites the blue touch paper for a behavioural shift in relation to climate change for all pension schemes, fund managers and their advisers.
- XPS appointed as actuarial and investment advisers to the Heart of England Co-operative Pension Schemes
- Brexit, Biden and Bounceback or Bust?
- XPS Research reveals DB pension scheme closure considerations triple in 2020
- Pandemic drives new wave of benefit change
- New Regulator powers will impact corporate activity in 2021
- Pension Schemes Act 2021 gives trustees power in the fight against pension scams
- Budget 2021 freezes lifetime allowance for pension saving
- Global government bonds sell-off benefits pension schemes
- Pension Schemes Act 2021 powers demand robust governance
- XPS Transfer Watch reveals largest ever monthly fall in transfer values
- Will new EU regulations stop greenwashing?
- Pension schemes could be overestimating pension liabilities by up to 3.5% following Covid-19
- Trustees embrace new ways of working
- Pension Schemes Act imposes new requirements on managing climate risk
- XPS trials new working model giving employees choice around workstyle
- Does Bitcoin have a place in a pension scheme portfolio?
- Updating life expectancy assumptions for the new CMI 2020 model
- Pension Schemes Act 2021 – TPR consults on use of its new criminal sanctions
- Optimism continues to drive markets
- XPS Transfer Watch – Rising inflation expectations help transfer values recover from February’s dip
- Pension Schemes Act 2021 requires long-term strategy from trustees and employers
- Employers are increasingly making use of contingent support
- The Pensions Regulator consults on new single code of practice
- How do fiduciary managers de-risk as schemes approach their long-term funding targets?
- Continued economic recovery drives equities but prompts concerns of overheating
- XPS signs Mental Health At Work Commitment to improve and support the mental health of their employees
- XPS Pensions Group promotes six new partners
- XPS Pensions Group Appoints New Chief Information Officer
- Transfer activity falls to lowest levels since September 2020 as red flag cases rise to a three-month high
- Fiduciary Manager Review 2021
- XPS Research shows Fiduciary Managers delivered positive returns in 2020, despite retaining pre-COVID strategies
- Tailoring CMI 2020 for your scheme and using scenario analysis to understand longevity risk
- XPS Survey of UK Fiduciary Managers finds nearly a quarter of schemes that are required to re-tender have yet to start with CMA deadline fast approaching
- New data analytics can improve your employees’ financial wellbeing
- Pensions dashboards are coming
- Markets slow amidst growing inflationary pressures
- New ability to block transfers are a welcome step, but wider scam checks remain crucial
- XPS warns that scam checks remain critical, following DWP consultation
- The Pensions Regulator’s Annual Funding Statement 2021
- Scam warnings reach five-month high
- XPS appointed as advisers to the Church of Scotland Pension Schemes
- XPS publishes results. Watch our year in review
- Five investments that can support your scheme’s investment strategy
- Collective money purchase schemes introduced by Pension Schemes Act 2021
- Continued optimism despite inflation fears
- Transfer activity continues to increase to highest levels since July 2020
- Does your scheme’s ESG strategy reflect your trustees’ views?
- Paula Haughton in conversation with Akash Rooprai, Independent Trustee Services (ITS)
- Do you fully understand your fiduciary manager’s approach to ESG?
- Fiduciary Managers need to do more to incorporate ESG into their investment strategies according to XPS findings
- XPS Pensions Group calls for Department for Work and Pensions to implement a more tailored approach for DC schemes
- Covenant actions for employers during current funding valuations
- Uncertainty weighs on investor sentiment
- Transfer Values heading back to record highs in July
- Using bridging income options to help your members and reduce risk
- UK pension schemes could take over a decade to reach full funding under new rules
- Emerging markets recover some lost ground despite rising Middle East tensions
- Investment Fund ESG review 2021
- UK fund management industry demonstrates strong progress in ESG risk management in 2021, but improvements are still needed
- XPS Pensions Group wins multiple awards at the UK Pensions Awards 2021
- XPS DB:UK tracker reveals pension schemes hit by £46bn increase in liabilities in September as inflation rises
- First green gilt issued. What does this mean for pension schemes?
- Member outcomes under freedom and choice survey 2021
- DB transfer values hit record highs in August
- Pension Schemes Act 2021: the state of play at the end of summer
- Atkinson Northern Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme completes bulk annuity transaction
- XPS Pensions Group urges employers to act quickly to take advantage of large reduction in PPF levy
- Pension Schemes Act 2021 – DWP consults on changes to notifiable events regime
- Putting in place a low-cost receiving vehicle for member transfers
- Record transfer values lead to highest average fees following transfer for DB pension scheme members, XPS Pensions Group research finds
- Pension scheme funding levels improve by £34bn despite….
- Stagflation on the horizon? Global supply chain issues stall recovery
- Transfer Values slip from recent highs as pension scam index falls for fourth month in a row