Defined Benefit

Stephen Lloyd MP has called on the secretary of state for work and pensions to investigate the pensions transfer market and ban contingent charging.

Two consultancies predict a further acceleration in the bulk annuity market in 2019. Kim Kaveh looks at what schemes should consider.

Defined benefit (DB) schemes fell back into deficit on aggregate over December as gilt yields and asset returns fell, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) says.

Parliament's Work and Pensions Committee has launched an inquiry into contingent charging on defined benefit (DB) pension transfer advice.

Despite the gloom around Brexit and all the challenges facing pensions, there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful. Top industry commentators tell Stephanie Baxter why there is cause for optimism

Buck's David Piltz says the industry was shaped by several developments in 2018, many of which will continue to influence the sector this year.

The combined pension deficit of FTSE 350 companies grew by £9bn in December 2017 to £41bn one year later on an accounting basis, according to Mercer's funding tracker.

The Whitbread Group Pension Fund has been handed a one-off contribution of £380m following Whitbread's sale of Costa to The Coca-Cola Company.

The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) saw its deficit fall by £3.9bn on a technical provisions basis over a one-year period, its latest valuation reveals.

A ban on employers leaving an industry-wide plumbing pension scheme has been extended for six months in a bid to protect the covenant.