Defined Benefit

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.

United Utilities has revealed plans to close its defined benefit scheme to future accrual, says GMB.

Defined benefit (DB) schemes need to deploy different communications methods if members are to understand options such as transfers to defined contribution (DC) schemes.

The latest inflation figures could cut deficits by £10bn

The chief executive of Royal Mail Pension Trustees has urged pension funds to work together more and called for smaller schemes to appoint joint chief investment officers (CIOs).

Workers at Northumbrian Water are set to strike from 20 October over the introduction of a Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) scheme.