Defined Benefit

Almost one in eight calls to Fidelity's Retirement Service in October was from people enquiring about how to use their defined benefit (DB) pots following the April pension freedoms.

Crisis averted, for now

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), Canadian OPSEU Pension Trust (OPTrust) and Dutch PGGM, have agreed to buy 100% shares in a Spanish infrastructure company for up to €420m (£300m).

Total UK defined benefit (DB) pension deficits shrunk slightly in October but still stand at £228bn, according to figures from JLT Employee Benefits.

A new accounting standard will worsen the insolvency scores of hundreds of employers in the Pension Protection Fund, finds Stephanie Baxter

Heathrow has unleashed a number of changes to its final salary scheme to reduce ongoing costs and deliver more affordable benefits to employees.

Pooling local government pensions schemes into six wealth funds will not necessarily boost infrastructure investing. Charlotte Moore looks at the issues that need to be dealt with.

Research from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) highlighted major gaps in trustee knowledge. Here are five key findings.

Half of schemes with non-professional trustees do not believe all of these trustees have knowledge levels meeting the standard in the regulator's code of practice.

Christy Jesudasan looks at whether trustees need to take an unbundled approach to fiduciary management fees.