Defined Benefit

Paul McGlone says let's start with the basics, re-unite members with their DB schemes, and provide some very basic information

MPs have written to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) about its engagement with the Railways Pension Scheme (RPS) amid concerns over the scheme's future funding.

Just under two-thirds of trustees have taken action to prepare for the impact of any Brexit outcome on their sponsor covenant and investments, Hymans Robertson research finds.

The Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) will be given £940m of government funding in an aim to ensure it remains "among the most generous in the country".

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has published its first three-year strategic plan in a bid to provide more thematic and transparent thinking about its longer-term thinking.

Debenhams' defined benefit (DB) pension schemes will be "carrying on as usual" despite the department store chain falling into administration, the trustees have confirmed.

The challenges for small pension funds to buy out their liabilities are well-known. A solution has emerged and is set to become popular across the DB universe, writes Stephanie Baxter

Nearly 2,500 DB schemes are now using LDI to hedge their liabilities, XPS Pensions finds. James Phillips looks at the increased use of the product over 2018.

The government has set out initial thoughts on the criteria for DB master trusts to be accredited. James Phillips looks at the details

John Gray predicts teething problems ahead and says regulation will result in a cultural shock for some schemes