Defined Benefit

Industry

ACA: Tax relief changes forced higher earners to leave schemes

Changes to pension tax relief in recent years have already caused schemes to lose members on higher incomes, according to research from the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA).

clock 03 February 2016 • 3 min read

Defined Benefit

Low interest rates and oil prices challenge DB funding levels

Defined benefit (DB) schemes have not had a good start to the year with falling oil prices and low interest rates according to JLT Employee Benefits.

clock 01 February 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

How tax relief reform will affect pension schemes

PP looks at the implications of any shift to flat-rate pension tax relief.

clock 01 February 2016 • 11 min read

Investment

DB funding is being hit with perfect storm of lower returns and yields

As falling yields lower funding levels, PP finds DB schemes are in a predicament.

clock 01 February 2016 • 5 min read

Investment

What were this week's top five stories in pensions?

The top stories this week were the pensions regulator warning about new master trusts and revealing a big board shake-up, while the LGPS pooling picture became clearer.

clock 29 January 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

Schemes don't get value for money from paying actuaries more

Pension schemes paying higher actuarial fees are not getting better value for money from their providers, according to KGC's sixth actuarial fee and services survey.

clock 29 January 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Benefit

Are we overly obsessed by deficits?

Raj Mody thinks we need to take a new approach to assessing scheme health.

clock 28 January 2016 • 3 min read

Defined Benefit

DB will still be alive in FTSE 250 within a year

DB schemes will not vanish from FTSE 250 companies in the next 12 months according to PP research.

clock 28 January 2016 • 5 min read

Defined Benefit

RBS to pay £4.2bn into DB scheme on back of accounting changes

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will pay ten years' worth of pension contributions into its defined benefit (DB) plan by March following IAS-driven changes to its accounting policies.

clock 27 January 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Benefit

DB schemes are 'too defensive' and should 're-risk into equities'

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes should move away from index-linked gilts and increase exposure to risk assets in order to plug deficits, according to research by Fathom Consulting.

clock 27 January 2016 • 2 min read
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