Pensions News for Employers - July 2012

Welcome to Barnett Waddingham’s July 2012 newsletter aimed at providing sponsors of occupational pension schemes with regular updates on pension matters that may affect them.

The developments in pensions covered in this edition include:

• Incentive Exercises – Industry Code of Good Practice
• High Court rules on RPI to CPI discretion - QinetiQ Case
• Stronger funding targets? - Solvency II and UK pension schemes
• New IAS19 standard
• Takeover Panel Consultation – proposals for bidding companies to disclose pension plans
• Regulator publishes report on BMI pension scheme
• Buy-outs, buy-ins and longevity swaps news