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sX Review: Time to revisit your LDI triggers?

Video: KPMG's Simeon Willis and Simon Bentley of F&C discuss the economic barriers to schemes considering an LDI allocation, and how much incoming regulation could cost (5:46)

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Achieving fixed price key to Arnold Laver buyout

Timber firm Arnold Laver secured a fixed price for its £45m buyout thanks to an enhanced transfer value (ETV) exercise and a long-term strategy of hedging risk

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How to avoid paying section 75 debt

A change in legislation means it is now possible for employers to exit multi-employer schemes without triggering a debt. TLT’s Sasha Butterworth explains how

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How to insulate DC assets from insolvency risk

Amid a slew of insolvency cases, Pippa Stephens looks at how DC schemes can avoid being faced with DB debt 

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Five lessons for controlling cost from 2011

Owen Walker looks back over a year of schemeXpert.com reports to find the top five tips for controlling costs

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sX Review: Lessons from the £3bn Rolls-Royce longevity swap

The panel discusses the value of the longevity swaps bought by the Rolls-Royce and Pall funds, and how collateral and capital triggers can provide protection against some of the risks in these deals (6:13)

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How to use carry forward to limit member tax costs

Scheme members can now get tax relief on as much as £100,000 extra of their retirement savings using carry forward. Pippa Stephens looks at how schemes can communicate this complex option

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Wembley scheme saves £3m at High Court

The Wembley pension scheme saved £3m by pursuing a court decision to uphold an amendment on indexation. Ian Smith and Pippa Stephens look at how other schemes can profit from the decision

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Video: Schemes exploring flexible drawdown to derisk

Hymans Robertson's Patrick Bloomfield tells Ian Smith how flexible drawdown can provide choice to members and to schemes a derisking option affecting as much as a third of their liabilities (4:25)

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ITV: Collateral crucial for safe derisking

Pippa Stephens and David Rowley look at the lessons learned by the ITV scheme from its £1.7bn longevity swap deal 

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