Martin Hooper
Martin advises a range of businesses on defined benefit (DB) pension issues including scheme funding, accounting disclosures, risk management, liability reduction exercises and pension benefit design.
He has particular expertise on pension accounting disclosures and has significant experience of advising clients on preparation of disclosures under IFRS, UK and US GAAP and leads the development of the firm's services in this area.
Martin sits on the Association of Consulting Actuaries accounting standards committee. It is involved in responding to consultations on changes to accounting standards and is often approached directly by standard setting bodies to help with specific matters.
Expertise
- Advice to a range of UK, multi-national and not-for-profit clients on their pension and post-retirement medical plan accounting disclosures.
- Advice to UK and multi-national clients with combined liabilities of over £4bn on pension scheme funding corporate pension strategy.
- Developing strategies to manage and ultimately settle pension fund liabilities.
- Design of liability management exercises.