The aggregate funding position of the 7400 defined benefit funds monitored by the Pension Protection Fund improved to a deficit of £97.6bn this month.

Workers at Fujitsu will strike for three days next week over jobs, pay and pensions at the IT services company, Unite says.

UK/US - Pensions trade bodies in the UK and US have agreed to share information they believe will help them strengthen defined benefit schemes.

Pensions trade bodies in the UK and US have agreed to share information they believe will help them strengthen defined benefit schemes.

Aviva's life and pension sales fell 11% in the first nine months of 2009, but the insurer says it has made significant improvements to its capital position.

The Church of England has refuted media reports that its pension scheme had succumbed to the "cult of equity" after investing all its assets in equities in the late 90s.

Workers at Fujitsu have voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action on jobs, pay and pensions, Unite says.

The UK is the only major developed nation where pension scheme deficits have worsened this year, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development figures show.

Nine out of 10 employers say member communication is important to the success of their pension schemes, according to Friends Provident.

Public sector pensions have recorded a surge in membership while numbers in private sector defined benefit schemes has declined, Office for National Statistics data shows.