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Buyer’s guide to group personal pension schemes

Employee Benefits

What is a group personal pension (GPP)? A group personal pension is a defined contribution (DC) arrangement whereby an employer agrees to make monthly contributions into a scheme, but the contract is between the employer and the pension provider. The pensions annual allowance has been increased from £40,000 to £60,000.

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Strike Continues as 64% Boeing Workers Vote Against Contract Offer

HR Digest

Union ready for negotiations Union leaders said they were ready to immediately resume negotiations with Boeing on the first new contract since 2014. During which time Boeing used the threat of moving production of the new version of the 777 out of the region to push through a deal that ended traditional pensions.

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[Podcast]: Special Financial Assistance for Multi-employer Pension Plans (Part 2)

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

This episode of The Proskauer Benefits Brief is the second of our three-part series analyzing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) guidance on the new special financial assistance program for troubled multiemployer pension plans that was created by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

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ICI completes £900 million pensions buy-in

Employee Benefits

ICI has completed a £900 million pensions buy-in deal. This is the 12th pensions-related transaction for the fund after entering into an umbrella agreement with Legal and General in 2014. This is the 12th pensions-related transaction for the fund after entering into an umbrella agreement with Legal and General in 2014.

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ITV agrees deal for Box Clever pension scheme members to receive benefits

Employee Benefits

Members of the Box Clever pension scheme will receive their pension benefits in full following an in-principle deal between The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and ITV. Employees were then transferred to the new organisation and enrolled in the Box Clever pension scheme.

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BT Pension Scheme completes £5 billion pension longevity swap

Employee Benefits

Telecommunications firm BT’s pension scheme has entered into a longevity reinsurance arrangement with Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), which covers £5 billion of pensioner liabilities. The new arrangement follows the £16 billion of liabilities covered by a similar deal that the BT Pension Scheme entered into in 2014.

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Interserve completes £400 million pension scheme buy-in

Employee Benefits

Interserve, a construction firm that went into administration in 2019, has completed a £400 million buy-in for its pension scheme members. The transaction was conducted with provider Aviva, and secured the benefits of more than 7,000 scheme members and follows a £300 million pensioner-only buy-in that took place in 2014.

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