Defined Benefit

Tata Steel has reportedly offered a one-off £520m payment into the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) in an attempt to cut ties with the fund.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has helped block the sale of a packaging firm after a potential buyer initiated plans to drop its pension scheme obligations.

The former owners of Bernard Matthews have been criticised for rejecting a takeover deal which would have stopped its defined benefit (DB) scheme from entering the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

Royal Mail will close its career average defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual from April next year, it has announced.

The aggregate deficit of defined benefit plans (DB) fell by £15.5bn over last month to £226.5bn according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) latest update.

Paul Traynor says UK schemes can learn a lot from the overseas experience of scheme consolidation

Mike Ramsey reflects on the government's Green Paper.

The chief executive of Yateley Industries for the Disabled has been order to pay £6,620 after he refused to give The Pensions Regulator (TPR) information needed for an investigation.

The estimated defined benefit (DB) transfer value remained fairly stable in March, falling by just £2,000, despite expected volatility.

Hymans Robertson has launched an analytics service to give trustees access to more accurate and timely funding and risk data, to address issues from relying on out-of-date information.