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7th October 2010 - Sponsor Covenant – new guidance, new era
A breakfast seminar which will discuss the Pension Regulator's new guidance for trustees on monitoring employer support: covenant, contingent assets and other security. The market environment remains very challenging for most sponsors, so successfully assessing the employer covenant is key for Trustees' effective decision making. Read more -->
 
19th May 2010 - Managing pension schemes through the private equity ownership process
Pension schemes can break deals.The legacy defined benefit pension scheme often dwarfs the value of the supporting company that an investor is considering which makes the investment less feasible and unattractive. The key is to develop and adopt a comprehensive strategy from the outset to overcome the pensions stumbling blocks in any transaction. Read more -->
 
12th November 2009 - Successfully assessing the employer covenant
In the current climate successfully assessing the employer covenant is key for Trustees’ effective decision making, and we expect this to be an area that will come under increasing scrutiny by the Pensions Regulator. Read more -->
 
6th May 2009 - Pension Schemes - Restructurings, Re-capitalisation and Insolvency
Pension schemes are very often a large creditor of a business undergoing financial distress and need to be taken into account when considering restructurings, re-capitalisations and insolvencies. This half-day seminar is designed for private equity professionals dealing with distressed situations in their portfolio companies and looking at new investment opportunities.The seminar will also be useful for finance professionals in organisations with pension schemes suffering from the effects of the credit crunch. Read more -->
 
27th August 2008 - The End Game? Breakfast Seminar
Over recent months there has been significant coverage of the bulk buy-out market in the pensions press, with some commentators suggesting that pension scheme sponsors are rushing to buy-out their pension liabilities. We believe that a lot of this press coverage has been somewhat misleading, so have carried out extensive research into the state of the buy-out market, which has been compiled in our recently released detailed report, The End Game? – An analysis of the bulk buy-out market & other de-risking solutions. Read more -->
 
2nd April 2008 - Recent Pension News Breakfast Seminar
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28th November 2007 - Pension issues for transaction professionals - advanced (Birmingham)
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21st November 2007 - Pension issues for transaction professionals - advanced (London)
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12th November 2007 - Pension issues for transaction professionals - advanced (Edinburgh)
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19th September 2007 - Pension issues for transaction professionals - advanced
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17th April 2007 - Using pensions to add to shareholder value
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21st November 2006 - Pensions issues for transaction professionals
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14th September 2006 - Pensions issues for transaction professionals
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20th June 2006 - Pensions issues for transaction professionals
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Punter Southall Transaction Services is a division of Punter Southall Limited
and is a member of The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.