Defined Benefit

Natasha Browne examines the advantages and pitfalls of allowing DB members direct access to freedom and choice

BT will pay £1.5bn into its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme by April to tackle a £7bn deficit as part of an agreed recovery plan with the trustees.

Shell has told its shareholders to support a resolution brought against the company to force it to disclose risks associated with climate change.

Hugh Grover tells PP why he does not recommend adoption of the model across the LGPS

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) have voted to put proposals for revised pensions benefits to trustees of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).

Decision makers in the local government pension scheme (LGPS) will likely face more onerous knowledge and understanding requirements in the near future, warn consultants.

The majority of employers have not read The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) defined benefit (DB) funding code according to the watchdog's research.

Top stories on PP this week include a High Court ruling on overpayments, a consultation on defined benefit (DB) transfers and the unveiling of 44 guidance guarantee centres. Here's what you might have missed.

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are likely to reject the Treasury's proposal to give members direct access to the Budget freedoms, Barnett Waddingham says.

FTSE 350 deficits have climbed 40% since September with spiralling gilt and corporate bond yields putting increased pressure on schemes.