Defined Benefit
Defined Benefit
Yesterday's increase in the Bank of England's (BoE) base rate will not have an immediate significant impact on defined benefit (DB) scheme funding but schemes should reconsider their investment allocation, industry commentators have said.
03 August 2018
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The combined pension deficit of FTSE 350 companies grew by £3bn to £32bn over July, according to Mercer's monthly funding tracker.
03 August 2018
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Members of the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) have written to trustees demanding a meeting over why they have not yet decided whether to appeal the recent Court of Appeal judgment, PP can reveal.
02 August 2018
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3 min read
Defined Benefit
Two-thirds of FTSE 100 DB schemes invest more than 50% of assets in bonds to tackle investment mismatching, according to JLT research. Victoria Ticha takes a closer look
01 August 2018
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
The defined benefit (DB) pension schemes of Lloyds Banking Group saw their combined accounting surplus grow by £954m over the first six months of 2018.
01 August 2018
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Defined benefit (DB) schemes at the UK's 100 largest listed companies had a £3bn accounting surplus at the end of July, according to JLT Employee Benefits.
01 August 2018
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3 min read
Defined Benefit
Since January, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has sent letters on 12 occasions to trustees about defined benefit (DB) transfer activity.
31 July 2018
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Centrica has announced the funding hole across its pension schemes fell by 97% to £29m at the end of June 2018.
31 July 2018
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
Coats Group has recorded a narrow defined benefit (DB) surplus of $1m (£0.8m) across its three UK schemes.
31 July 2018
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2 min read
Risk Reduction
Almost two-thirds of FTSE 100 defined benefit (DB) pension schemes invest more than 50% of their assets in bonds, according to a report by JLT Employee Benefits.
30 July 2018
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2 min read
