Defined Benefit
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
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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
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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
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Over 9 in 10 small businesses support a call for the government to introduce a statutory override for scheme indexation, a survey has found.
10 October 2016
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1 min read
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In a letter to the editor, retired actuary Richard Abramson explains why both Dan Mikulskis and Con Keating could be wrong about how to value DB liabilities…
07 October 2016
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1 min read
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Shajahan Alam says giving DB schemes flexibility to reduce inflation linkage sounds a lot simpler than it would be in practice.
06 October 2016
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4 min read
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The deficit of Tesco's defined benefit (DB) scheme has more than doubled to £5.9bn in just seven months, overshadowing the supermarket's sales growth.
06 October 2016
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1 min read
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The government will not allow conditional indexation even if it is recommended by the Work and Pensions Committee's (WPC) inquiry, Steve Webb has claimed.
06 October 2016
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2 min read
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Kevin Wesbroom looks at the issues the industry faces around liabilities
06 October 2016
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3 min read
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The GMB union has called on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to investigate AA which has seen its pension deficit more than double in just seven months.
06 October 2016
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2 min read
