DB schemes

Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes remain a key stakeholder in corporate transactions. Nick Gibson, Senior Director at Cardano discusses three key takeaways to unlock value when considering M&A deals involving DB schemes.

On 29th January 2024, the Department for Work & Pensions’ (DWP) published the final Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations. We welcome the Regulations but the upcoming Funding Code must clarify unanswered questions. Read our thoughts here.

For a pensions market that is all but closed to new members, defined benefit (DB) pension schemes and perhaps primarily the Government, are not resting on their laurels. In this outlook article, Kerrin Rosenberg outlines what the year has in store for UK DB pensions.

We are pleased to share the following insights from across our Group – Cardano UK (Advisory and Investment), Cardano NL, and NOW: Pensions – looking ahead to what’s in store for 2024.

CFOs of UK businesses remain unclear and unprepared for the potential impacts of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks on their businesses, according to research from Cardano, the investment management and advisory business. This is despite the growing importance of ESG issues for companies of all sizes.

Nick Agius, Director at Cardano Advisory comments on the latest UK company insolvency statistics.

Cardano, the investment management and advisory business, reveals in a new report – New world, new decisions – that a majority (70%) of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are uncertain about the ultimate objective of their Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes.

Cardano, the pension advisory and investment management specialist, has urged Government to start funding public sector pension funds or the State pension to support its economic growth ambitions. In its response to the Department of Work & Pensions consultation, Options for Defined Benefit schemes: a call for evidence, Cardano argues that examples of successful investment […]

In our latest perspective piece, Michael McElligott and Hamish Reeves discuss the need for contingency planning and scenario testing as M&A starts to increase.

In this series of our bite-size videos, we consider how pension schemes and their stakeholders have been impacted by the rapid improvements in scheme funding resulting from the recent rise in gilt yields.

Is our employer covenant robust and sustainable enough? That’s a question trustees of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in Ireland should be asking on a regular basis. While this question is always relevant to DB pension schemes, recent regulatory changes have guided trustees to look at it more closely going forward. Michael McElligott, Director, shares his thoughts.