Defined Benefit

As MPs investigate the factors behind BHS's collapse, Michael Klimes looks at whether the regulator and trustees could have done anything differently.

A majority of 170 respondents to this week's Pensions Buzz believe The Pensions Regulator (TPR) should make Sir Philip Green pay money into the BHS Pension Scheme.

Spence & Partners has won a mandate to provide actuarial, investment and administrative services to the Simons Group's Pensions & Life Assurance Scheme.

Martin Collins has joined KPMG as director of its team that advises banks and trustees on managing pension liabilities.

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has told the Insolvency Service (IS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) it will co-operate with any probes into British Home Stores (BHS).

Major jobs cuts are anticipated at pension services firm Diligenta which provides services to some of the biggest pension insurers.

Trustees relying on equities and gilt yields to improve are taking a big gamble and could result in a rush of schemes going bust, says Hugh Nolan.

This week we want to know who or what is most to blame for the BHS Pension Scheme likely falling into the PPF.

Officials from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Pension Protection Fund (PPF) will give evidence to MPs about British Home Stores (BHS) on 9 May.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has received formal notification from Austin Reed's administrators, which could trigger an assessment period for its pension scheme.