This document discusses whether company assets can provide inflation protection for pension schemes. It presents recent examples of UK companies that have used asset-backed structures and transfers of business assets to support pension funding. These transactions typically involve placing company assets in a special purpose vehicle, with the pension scheme receiving income from the assets and security over some of them. The document considers sources of inflation-linked assets on company balance sheets such as property, PFI contracts, inventory, brands, subsidiaries, and intellectual property that could potentially be used in this way.

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Funding pension schemes
Contingent assets
• Guarantees
• Security
• Escrow
• Letters of Credit
Asset-backed
• Priority of
cashflows
• Security over
assets
Business assets
• Direct transfer
Cash

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Valueoftransaction(£inmillions)
Asset backed Business asset
Recent activity using asset-backed structures and business assets
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Sources: Annual Reports, press releases, company websites
£1,760m
M&S1
M&S2
GKN
Lloyds
JohnLewis
ITV
M&S3JSainsbury
Diageo
Whitbread
HSBC
Philips
Uniq?
Costain
Interserve
JohnLewis
Tesco1
Tesco2
Tesco3
Travis Perkins

4. Common features of recent asset-backed structures
Corporate
Pension scheme
SPV
1. Corporate places
asset in SPV
2. Income from asset
received by SPV
3. Scheme’s interest pays
income
4. Scheme also has security
over [some] assets in the SPV
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5. Sources of inflation on the company balance sheet?
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Property PFI contracts Inventory/stock
Brands Subsidiaries
Intellectual
Property

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