Taha Lokhandwala looks at how much support trustees receive from sponsors

The combined deficit of all UK schemes increased by £150bn last year to reach a total of £550bn, research by Xafinity shows.

Engineering firm Renishaw has seen its deficit increase by more than £3m in the last year despite a strong performance from its assets.

HMV's administrator has submitted section 120 forms to the Pension Protection Fund despite the purchase of its debt by Hilco.

Every quarter, PP takes the industry's temperature on government performance in pensions in the previous six months, asking whether it has improved, stayed the same or got worse. Every quarter so far revealed the same poor result.

John Chilman of First UK Bus explains to Taha Lokhandwala why he believes its pension scheme's accolades were well deserved.

The number of trust-based DC schemes has fallen by 40% over the last 14 years but the remainder have larger memberships, The Pensions Regulator's data reveals.

M&G's real estate investment arm PRUPIM has completed the freehold purchase of Heathrow Terminal 5's Hilton hotel.

The Pensions Advisory Service employees are the first to complete the Certificate in Pensions Automatic Enrolment from the Pensions Management Institute.

Unilever's scheme deficit rose by €500m in 2012 due to falling discount rates and a 33% fall in the value of its assets.