PPF A.S.

PENSIONS: Hewitt warns of #150m risk to UK pension benefits.
Corporate Adviser; 11/17/2009; 576 words; ...principal consultant in Hewitt's retirement practice, says...each - if their scheme enters the PPF. Such an influx of insolvencies...lead to a bigger strain on the PPF, and ultimately the levy payers...principal consultant in Hewitt's Global Investment Practice, says...

News: Court ruling takes pressure off lifeboat.
Pensions Week; 11/16/2009; 598 words; ...According to calculations undertaken by the PPF's actuarial team, the net liabilities of the PPF might be expected to increase by around GBP380m...partner Mark Smith, who represented Ilford's trustees, Independent Trustee Services, warned...

News: Ilford decision could affect buyout market.
Pensions Week; 11/16/2009; 566 words; ...take on assets after last week's High Court decision concerning...the Pension Protection Fund (PPF). And according to Barnet Waddingham...effectively selection against the PPF, will clearly cause other schemes...know they're going into the PPF."

PENSIONS: Easing the way.
The Lawyer; 11/16/2009; 1151 words; ...exiting employer to meet the scheme's liabilities, and is likely to be able...greater than 2 per cent of the scheme's defined benefit membership; * broadly, the value of the exiting employer's PPF liabilities must not exceed #100,000...

News in brief.
Pensions Week; 11/16/2009; 413 words; ...speakers at the event include Paul Myners and the Bank of England's Paul Tucker. The Spinnaker Master Trust is introducing a cheaper...schemes. The trust, which secures DC assets for schemes in the PPF assessment period, is prepared to reduce its annual management...