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MNOPF weighs up DC section to manage s75 risk

The navy officers' fund is considering launching a defined contribution section to help its employers avoid triggering section 75 debts

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Co-op consultation ups member contributions by a third

The UK's largest mutual has boosted the amount of money in its scheme, and avoided a potential £50,000 fine, as a result of a widespread consultation on increasing employee contributions

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Countdown to manage PPF levy changes

The PPF's Chris Collins sets out the main changes to its annual levy and how schemes need to prepare ahead of next month's deadline

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Webb on AE challenges for medium schemes

Video: Pensions minister Steve Webb discusses with Ian Smith the auto-enrolment delays and what should be top of the agenda for medium-sized employers (5:39)

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Countdown to improve admin with end of contracting out

With the abolition of contracting out on DC schemes just two months away, Anna Lyudvig looks at how schemes can use the reform to improve their administration

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sX Review: Time to deal with GMP 'nightmare'

Eversheds' Jeremy Goodwin and Kenneth Donaldson of Capita Hartshead discuss with Ian Smith how schemes can limit the cost of GMP equalisation (6:19)

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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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Tui starts early to control PPF levy cost

As the Tui pension scheme works ahead of time to certify its contingent asset and reduce its PPF levy, Ian Smith and Anna Lyudvig analyse the process

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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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How BBC's Care scheme signed up 8,000 members

As the deadline passes for BBC staff to sign up to the corporation's new career average plan, Anna Lyudvig analyses how schemes can manage such a move

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