Defined Benefit

Tesco corporate pensions manager Karen Wake has left the scheme after her contract ran out, a spokeswoman has confirmed.

The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has appointed Jeremy Hill to provide legal services to its trustee company and investment arm.

The aggregate deficit of the Pension Protection Fund 7800 Index shrank from £109.0bn to £118.2bn last month according to figures released by the lifeboat fund.

Labour’s Gregg McClymont says unwinding the UK pension system would be a big risk

Over a quarter of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes offering survivor benefits have failed to equalise their rules for same-sex couples, a government report shows.

Employers showed a "lack of interest" in proposals to give them greater flexibility over defined benefit (DB) schemes, says the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The Royal Lancaster Hotel Retirement Benefits Plan has appointed Goddard Perry to provide it with actuarial, administration and consulting services.

The trustee of the Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London (SAUL) has appointed Aon Hewitt as covenant adviser.

Average IAS19 discount rates used by FTSE100 companies to calculate pensions deficits have risen for the first time in five years.

Jack Jones looks at the final draft of the TPR’s code of practice on defined benefit regulation