Defined Benefit
Defined Benefit
The collective deficit of the UK's defined benefit (DB) scheme has shrunk by more than £200bn due to the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president, Hymans Robertson says.
23 January 2017
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1 min read
Law and Regulation
Alex Cunningham, the shadow pensions minister, speaks to James Phillips about his new brief, auto-enrolment, and DB deficits
23 January 2017
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8 min read
Defined Benefit
Con Keating says it is time for a different approach to defined benefit pensions but questions how easy this would be to achieve.
19 January 2017
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3 min read
Law and Regulation
The Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) decision to appoint an administrator for British Home Stores (BHS) independent of Sir Philip Green has been "vindicated" says Frank Field.
19 January 2017
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The British Steel scheme's trustee board has turned down Edmund Truell's proposal to save the fund, calling it an unviable plan that would expose members to "unacceptable risk".
19 January 2017
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The collective defined benefit (DB) deficit could be slashed by £25bn if schemes used more accurate longevity assumptions, according to Club Vita.
19 January 2017
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has appealed to pension funds to tackle high executive pay in FTSE 350 companies.
18 January 2017
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2 min read
Defined Benefit
There has been a spike in requests for DB transfers following the pension freedoms and higher transfer values. Michael Klimes looks at how the industry is coping.
17 January 2017
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6 min read
