Defined Benefit

Royal Mail's defined benefit (DB) scheme could be closed to future accrual after its contributions are set to more than double from 2018.

Buy-in and buyout deals slowed down in the first six months to £2.7bn, which is just over half of business written in H1 last year, according to LCP.

Scottish Power has completed a longevity swap with Abbey Life to hedge £1bn of liabilities, covering 4,000 pensioners in the Manweb section of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme.

As more defined benefit schemes experience negative cashflows Dan Mikulskis looks at how this can be managed.

As deficits soared following the Bank of England's rate cut and stimulus package, the future for DB looks even more challenging. A major re-think is needed to avert a pensions crisis, writes Stephanie Baxter

Amec Foster Wheeler has merged its two main defined benefit (DB) schemes into a defined contribution (DC) arrangement after closing the biggest fund to future accrual.

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes could have access to much-needed cash flow through a short-term equivalent of a buy-in service, according to PwC.

The liabilities of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes continued to increase last month amid further falls in yields, according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 Index.

Defined benefit (DB) deficits at FTSE350 companies have swelled by £34bn since 2010 despite £15bn being paid into them annually.

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has launched an inquiry into the regulation of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.