Defined Benefit

William Bourne and Eamonn O'Connor debate the pros and cons of de-risking

Pension schemes could see liabilities surge by £62bn if interest rate rises are delayed, warns JLT Employee Benefits.

The number of schemes appealing their Pension Protection Fund (PPF) levies has dropped 70% since the lifeboat fund switching rating agencies earlier this year.

Financial Times (FT) journalists have voted to ballot for strike action in a row over plans to end its final salary scheme that the union has called a "pensions robbery".

Debenhams has agreed to pay a total of £76m into its defined benefit (DB) schemes over the next eight years following the completion of the fund's triennial valuation in June.

Lynda Whitney looks at how schemes are using alternative financing solutions to fund pension schemes.

Trustees of small DB schemes can make big savings by reviewing their bundled insurance company arrangements says Ashlin Noonan.

FTSE350 defined benefit (DB) schemes paid out £13bn more than they received in contributions last year, raising the risk they could be forced to sell assets at depressed prices.

Workers at Northumbrian Water will start working to rule today, and have called a strike next week in a dispute over plans to close their final salary pension scheme.

Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) have invested £60m in a UK renewable energy project.