Significant increases in longevity, turbulent investment conditions, ever-changing regulation and the rising costs of administration are all adding to the pressures involved.
Published by Professional Pensions, in association with Lucida, this supplement provides an overview of the top 100 UK pension schemes.
Published by Engaged Investor in association with Lucida, this informative guide provides look at all the tools trustees can employ to remove risk.
Phillip Sturgess, commercial actuary at Lucida, looks at the value of demographic assumptions on assessing pension scheme liabilities.
Andrew Howe discusses how underfunded schemes can insure benefits for non-pensioner members, while continuing to benefit from the scheme’s expected investment returns.
Do insured solutions provide better protection for defined benefit scheme members? Andrew Howe, proposition development director at Lucida, discusses scheme funding, the strength of the employer covenant and looks at whether insurance can provide greater security for DBmembers.
Lucida's pension "pulse survey" captures current views on the challenges of running a defined benefit pension scheme including insight into the biggest concerns and views on the solutions being offered to reduce risk.
Morgan Crucible protects members' benefits with a buy-in solution with Lucida. This case study details the journey for the Morgan Crucible trustees, and how they went about choosing their ideal partner.
John Smitherman-Cairns of Lucida explains why volatility and the credit crisis should not put an end to trustees' buyout or buy-in aspirations.
Published by Pensions World in association with Lucida, this informative guide provides an overview of the current market and what Trustees and Sponsors need to consider in preparation for buyout.
In September 2008, Lucida, Legal and General and Paternoster came together to produce some guidelines on how to ensure a safe pension buyout process for trustees and members. This is a summary of the discussion.
With turbulent financial markets and increasing longevity, it comes as no surprise that trustees and employers are reconsidering the approach they take to the management of their defined benefit pension schemes.
Lucida's Chief Actuary, Andrew Stoker, highlights the importance of exploring the full range of options when seeking to reduce risks in a defined benefit scheme.
In the search for effective methods to manage liabilities, no book should be judged simply by its cover. There is perhaps no better example of this than enhanced transfer values.
Developments in financial markets will be of great concern to trustees, their sponsoring employers and scheme members. This statement sets out The Pensions Regulators’ (tPR) position on current conditions.
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