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Building resilience through a fresh approach to scheme funding

Hymans Robertson has a long-standing relationship with the Trustees of the Scottish Enterprise (SE) pension scheme. We have provided actuarial, consultancy and administration services for over 15 years, withstanding the regular and robust re-tendering discipline of the scheme Trustees.

DB Scheme Consolidation: debunking the myths

In our series of short videos below, our experts Calum Cooper and Jon Hatchett take a look some of these misconceptions in the hope of ‘debunking the myths’ of consolidation once and for all.

DB Green Paper Response

Published on: 20 Feb 2017

…deficits. Our Head of Corporate Consulting, Jon Hatchett and Calum Cooper, Head of Trustee responds to the findings.

Trump’s election contributes to unwinding of ‘Brexit’ damage to DB schemes

Published on: 16 Nov 2016

Our 3DAnalytics, which provides real-time updates to the funding positions of DB pension schemes, has shown that the total UK DB deficit has gone down by £35bn since the US election result and down by over £200bn from a record high of over £1 trillion in August.

Pension saving tax breaks for millennials

Published on: 12 Oct 2016

…generation reportedly under consideration, Calum Cooper, Head of Trustee DB, said: “The growing disparity of wealth between the generations is of huge concern. But re-distributing tax relief is like shuffling chairs on the Titanic. “Changing tax treatment in this way is unlikely to effect the behaviour change needed. People will…

Options for Defined Benefit Schemes

Published on: 19 Apr 2024

DB Future Focus Conference

Published on: 03 Apr 2024

After an eventful two years for DB pensions, our DB Future Focus Conference took stock of where we’ve got to and explored what the market could look like in the future.

Calum Cooper appointed Head of Pension Policy Innovation

Published on: 03 Apr 2024

A long-term partner for an open scheme

Stability and sustainability for an open scheme

Strategy through covid

Published on: 09 Apr 2021

Strategy for defined benefit pensions through Covid

Cannibals in the age of COVID-19

Published on: 27 Mar 2020

A while back we coined the expression ‘a pension might eat itself’. It was a warning that the risk of delivering a good member outcome is bigger when your outgo is greater than your income, leading to the rise and rise of CDI and drawdown strategies – to avoid being…