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The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has an 83% probability of success for its target of being self-sufficient by 2030 as of March this year, a six percentage point drop from 2019.

Around 2,000 small schemes could see their levies cut as the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) consults on introducing a tapered approach to its risk-based levy while temporarily dropping its multi-year approach.

Mothercare has negotiated an extension to its scheme contributions schedule with a significant level of deficit expected following the offloading of its UK business last November.

While the CMI Model of longevity improvements has proved reliable, Covid-19 threatens to cause it to show an unrealistic falls in life expectancy. Tim Gordon explains why the industry should not overreact

The 4% rule of thumb often used to define a sustainable approach for drawdown in retirement is no longer fit for purpose due to prevailing and sustained market conditions, says Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

Pension scheme members could be owed as much as £25,000 in back payments from GMP equalisation, according to research by XPS Pensions.

With rumours once again swirling around the future of pensions tax relief in the run up to this year's Budget, any reduced incentive for long-term savers could risk further exacerbating the generational divide in pensions, says Tom Selby

Pension schemes have been “shoehorned” into valuing liabilities against gilts, creating a “herd mentality” that does not reflect scheme funding accurately, says PwC.

As over 1,000 DB schemes seek to agree a valuation amid the crisis, Hope William-Smith looks at the considerations.

Trustees should have the ability to pause suspected scam transfers, respondents agreed in a Professional Pensions poll.