Defined Benefit

Trustees say neither of the two takeover bids for the supermarket will protect schemes adequately

Pension freedoms have prompted over 200,000 people to transfer from a DB to a DC scheme

Transfer values rose sharply during July, while transfer activity dipped slightly over the month

DB schemes could save 30% by adopting a bespoke approach and ‘not following the herd’

Aggregate funding level drops to 103.5% but number of schemes in deficit rises by 176

Follows his advising of 422 clients out of their DB schemes, including 183 steelworkers

Comes after The Pensions Regulator consulted on changes it had drafted in March

Trustees accused of promoting the fund despite mounting problems with orphan liabilities

PP conducted a poll to discover how readers thought administration could be made better

Latest TPR analysis comes after a rocky year for DB funding