Defined Benefit
Defined Benefit
Further quantitative easing (QE) and cutting interest rates to 0.25% have not hurt businesses with defined benefit (DB) schemes, according to the Bank of England (BoE).
18 October 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
TPR has called for the time between actuarial valuations to be based on a scheme's health, but is this a good idea? James Phillips asks trustees what they think
17 October 2016
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5 min read
Defined Benefit
Plastic manufacturer Carclo has confirmed it has not paid its final dividend of the year due to its worsening pension deficit, after issuing a warning in August.
14 October 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
The Post Office has moved a step closer to shutting its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual in March 2017.
13 October 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
An agreement has been reached on how to compensate members of the Nortel pension scheme after years of negotiations since the company went bust in 2009.
13 October 2016
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4 min read
Defined Benefit
The estimated value of a defined benefit (DB) transfer grew by a modest £2,000 over September, according to Xafinity.
13 October 2016
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2 min read
Law and Regulation
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) needs more funding and staff rather than a larger suite of powers, the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has been told.
12 October 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
Prospect is set to ballot workers at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) for strike action over the company's plans to close its defined benefit (DB) scheme.
11 October 2016
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3 min read
Defined Benefit
The aggregate funding deficit of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 Index fell over September as gilt yields rose.
11 October 2016
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The pre-pack administration arrangement for turkey producer Bernard Matthews seems to have been designed to “dump” its pension scheme, the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has been told.
10 October 2016
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3 min read
