Matheson Pensions and Benefits Podcast

In June of this year, Geraldine Carr, a partner in the Employment team and Jane McKeever, a senior associate in the Pensions team hosted a seminar on working beyond retirement age. They were joined by Garry Clarke, a senior retirement consultant with Aon.

In this episode, Samantha Brown and Rachel Pinto of Herbert Smith Freehills share lessons they have taken from the UK market in bulk annuity transactions and also provide tips for making the transaction process more efficient.

In this episode, Jane McKeever, a senior associate from the Employment Pensions and Benefits Group at Matheson, explores the main trustee and employer considerations when an annuity buy-in is proposed.

In this episode, John O’Brien of Mercer discusses the different types of liability management exercises currently being seen across the market and how annuity buy-ins can assist with managing liabilities and reducing volatility.

In this episode, Deirdre and Jane discuss some of the common issues that can arise when trustees are faced with making a decision around the payment of death benefits.

The new EU Directive on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (commonly known as “IORP II”) is due to be transposed into Irish law by 13 January 2019.

In this episode, Deirdre Cummins and Jane McKeever discuss the Roadmap, examining, the Government’s proposal to introduce auto-enrolment to increase private sector pensions coverage and help individuals save for their retirement.

Deirdre Cummins, Pensions partner and Jane McKeever, Pensions associate address questions arising from the previous episode of the podcast which focused on the General Data Protection Regulation and the implications for pension schemes.

Episode two focusses on the general data protection regulation and the implications for pension schemes of this major development in data protection law.

Matheson’s Pensions and Benefits Law podcast series is led by Deirdre Cummins, Partner and Jane McKeever, Associate at Matheson.