The Home Retail Group Pension Scheme has seen its accounting deficit jump from £7.5m to £115.3m over the last 12 months.

The Gartmore Pension Scheme has entered into a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation to cover the liabilities related to all of the scheme's 600 members.

The Department for Work and Pensions has published a consultation on proposed amendments to auto-enrolment legislation that will allow employers to use career average arrangements as qualifying schemes.

UK private sector scheme funding levels have fallen from 93% to 85% over the last year, leading to difficulties for firms with triennial valuations due, says JLT Pension Capital Strategies.

An all party parliamentary to investigate the failure of the Visteon pension scheme, set up by MP Stephen Metcalfe, has achieved formal recognition.

The Pensions Regulator has published updated guidance on how trustees and employers should approach funding valuations in the current challenging economic environment.

Whitbread has seen its pensions deficit grow by £111m in the 12 months to the end of march, despite paying in more than £95m in recovery funding.

Ford workers are to vote on plans to strike in protest at the car maker's intention to close its final salary pension scheme to new joiners.

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Schemes are being asked to pay a prohibitive premium to hedge against Consumer Prices Index or Limited Price Index inflation, delegates at the PP Risk Reduction Forum heard.