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5th November 2008 - The Credit Crunch, Financial Turmoil and Recession
In recent months there have been unprecedented disruptions in the financial markets,with a whole host of global players facing financial stress as the record leverage of recent years unwinds at speed.Unfortunately, there has been no where to hide for UK defined benefit pension schemes and they have been caught up in the turmoil. Read more -->
 
22nd October 2008 - Pensions Regulator grows more teeth
Back in April, the Government announced what some rather dramatically referred to as “emergency legislation” to strengthen the Pension Regulator’s powers to go after employers connected or associated with pension schemes that have dodged their pension obligations. Read more -->
 
10th October 2008 - Pensions Due Diligence Firm of the Year
Punter Southall Transaction Services are delighted to announce that they were named Pensions Due Diligence Firm of the Year at the Private Equity News Awards for Excellence in Advisory Services Europe 2008 held in London on 7 October. Read more -->
 
5th September 2008 - Regulator’s intervention on Focus – cause for alarm?
After intervention from the Pensions Regulator (the “Regulator”), Duke Street Capital has made an £8 million contribution into the Focus DIY pension schemes a year after selling the Focus DIY Group. Read more -->
 
6th June 2008 - Pensions and Actuarial Due Diligence Provider of the Year
Punter Southall Transaction Services (PSTS) are happy to announce that they have just been awarded the ACQ Finance Magazine Pensions and Actuarial Due Diligence Provider of the Year award. Read more -->
 
14th April 2008 - New tougher Regulator powers on the horizon?
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1st April 2008 - Clearance: Updated guidance published March 2008
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1st March 2008 - Section 75 Changes Confirmed
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1st February 2008 - Regulator Imposes First FSD
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1st February 2008 - Balance Sheet Bombshell?
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10th September 2007 - Proposed Revisions to the Pensions Regulator’s Clearance Guidance
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7th August 2007 - Proposed Changes to the Employer Debt Regulations
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1st August 2007 - Citigroup: the new player in the UK pension buy-out market?
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1st August 2007 - What are the Balance Sheet Implications of “Prudent” Funding?
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1st May 2007 - Sting in the Tail for DC Schemes?
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1st May 2007 - Pensions Regulator Clearance
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1st April 2007 - Cash commutation can be costly
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1st January 2007 - Solvency II & Occupational Pension Schemes
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1st January 2007 - Beware the Accidental Pension Debt on the Employer
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1st September 2006 - What are pension accounting disclosures hiding?
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1st July 2005 - Pension Protection Fund – Levy for 2006/7
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1st March 2005 - The Pensions Regulator - Clearance Statements
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1st October 2004 - Moral Hazard U-Turn is a Damp Squib
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1st July 2004 - Living longer – Pension liabilities set to rise again
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