{"id":13135,"date":"2016-12-14T09:31:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T09:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=13135"},"modified":"2016-12-14T09:31:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T09:31:44","slug":"haitong-research-warns-openreach-cannot-legally-separated-bt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/12\/haitong-research-warns-openreach-cannot-legally-separated-bt.html","title":{"rendered":"Haitong Research Warns Openreach &#8220;cannot be legally separated&#8221; from BT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of last month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> confirmed that they&#8217;d force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> into &#8220;<em>legal separation<\/em>&#8221; from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> Group (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/11\/ofcom-uk-forces-bt-adopt-legal-separation-openreach.html\">here<\/a>), which they view as necessary to improve competition \/ fairness in the UK telecoms and broadband market. But a Haitong Research study warns that Pensions remain a roadblock.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The regulator had been hoping to gain a voluntary agreement from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> on the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>, but so far the operator has refused to budge on two or three key points. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> is bitterly opposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> becoming a &#8220;<em>legally separate company<\/em>&#8221; (no CEO likes to lose full control over part of their business, even if the BT board would still have a say) and they&#8217;re particularly concerned about the related risks \/ costs of moving staff and pension liabilities to the &#8220;<em>new<\/em>&#8221; company.<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> noted that most stakeholders who responded to their consultation felt as if BT had &#8220;<em>overstated<\/em>&#8221; the impact on their pension scheme. Similarly an earlier Sky UK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Broadband<\/a>) commissioned report from pensions law firm Sackers found &#8220;<em>no bar [to separation] from a pensions perspective<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/sky-uk-says-bt-pensions-pot-no-obstacle-openreach-separation.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>However a BT spokesperson disagreed with Sky&#8217;s position and warned that &#8220;<em>the kind of governance changes they have suggested for Openreach would have a material negative impact on the pension position<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A team working for <strong>Haitong Research<\/strong> has now examined the submissions from trustees of the <strong>BT Pension Scheme<\/strong> (BTPS), which were sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> as part of their related Strategic Review. The conclusion they&#8217;ve reached suggests that Openreach &#8220;<em>cannot be legally separated<\/em>&#8221; from BT, even if the operator wanted to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently the BTPS had liabilities of \u00a353bn and a \u00a310bn deficit in June 2015. As a result Haitong Research said that the pension scheme&#8217;s trustee&#8217;s position must weight above those of other stakeholders. Ofcom similarly admits that the BTPS situation is the single biggest hindrance to pushing through their proposals.<\/p>\n<p>According to the client note (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk\/companies\/news\/170407\/haitong-concludes-openreach-cannot-be-legally-separated-from-bt-group-170407.html\" target=\"_blank\">Proactive Investors<\/a>), legally separating Openreach would render Openreach Co insolvent and hurt BT&#8217;s ability to support the BTPS (Covenant)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Statement from Haitong Research&#8217;s Client Note<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because of this, the Trustee\u2019s categorical position is that Ofcom&#8217;s proposal to legally separate Openreach is unviable and thus also a big threat to Britain\u2019s digital economy. So even if BT wanted to assent to Ofcom\u2019s wishes, it cannot.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Naturally Ofcom disagrees with this assessment and their canned statement to the media states that legal separation is still &#8220;<em>achievable, proportionate and carefully considered<\/em>&#8220;. The regulator added that under their plan BT would still be able to meet &#8220;<em>all<\/em>&#8221; of their pension obligations and Ofcom&#8217;s &#8220;<em>expert advisors<\/em>&#8221; have proposed a &#8220;<em>range of measures to reduce the impact of legal separation on BT\u2019s pension costs<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However Ofcom may be forgetting that their &#8220;<em>expert advisors<\/em>&#8221; do not carry the same weight as an actual trustee, particularly one that has a &#8220;<em>legal and fiduciary duty to look after a 300,000 member pension scheme<\/em>&#8221; and its significant financial liabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Ofcom is already preparing to notify the European Commission of their decision to press forward with legal separation, which will take place early in the New Year. But the regulator&#8217;s battle may yet be far from won.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of last month Ofcom confirmed that they&#8217;d force Openreach into &#8220;legal separation&#8221; from the BT Group (here), which they view as necessary to improve competition \/ fairness in the UK telecoms and broadband market. 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