Defined Benefit

The increasing cost of servicing its £1.2bn pension shortfall helped push pre-tax profits at John Lewis down over a quarter in the first half of the year.

Age Partnership has launched a service to gather member information for schemes exploring a medically underwritten bulk annuity deal.

Anna Rogers - the former Mayer Brown partner who co-founded ARC Pensions in June - hopes her new boutique pensions law firm will expand to 20 lawyers.

Better comms could ensure the £20bn spent on DB each year isn’t wasted

Three unions are prepared to ballot 1200 members of 1600 workers at Northumbrian Water and Essex and Suffolk Water over proposals to axe the company's final salary scheme.

LV= is launching a toolkit intended to help members in defined benefit schemes (DB) understand their options at retirement in light of freedom and choice.

PP research finds the industry bullish

Warning notice and court case force agreement

Goddard Perry has launched an additional voluntary contribution (AVC) version of its Salvus master trust in a bid to deal with regulatory challenges.

Up to £500,000 of public funds will be spent on setting up special purpose vehicle (SPV) for Newham Pension Fund despite the council's oversight and scrutiny committee (OSC) calling for the project to be shelved.