The greatest environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk in a typical defined contribution (DC) default fund is the way businesses are run, a report has found.

The government's admission there is a case to suspend indexation for certain underfunded defined benefit (DB) schemes has been welcomed by some while others warn it would open the floodgates.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed ways to improve the defined benefit (DB) system in its long-awaited consultation paper.

There could be a case to suspend indexation for schemes which are underfunded and where sponsors are in stress, the government has said.

Tony Pugh has been appointed head of defined contribution (DC) for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Aon Hewitt, ending his 28-year stint at Mercer.

It is a daunting task to look over the sheer volume of pensions regulation from the past two decades. Michael Klimes analyses the key developments

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has given Coats Group written assurances that action over two of its defined benefit (DB) schemes will be dropped once settlement is complete.

The government did not discriminate against younger workers when it introduced transitional arrangements to the Firefighters Pension Scheme, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Tata Steel's proposal to close the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) and replace it with a defined contribution (DC) plan has been accepted by steelworkers.

The regulator's call to ban transfers to small self-administered schemes (SSASs) to help crack down on scams has received little support from the industry.