Defined Benefit

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

Barnett Waddingham has reported a doubling in defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) transfer requests following this year's Budget announcement.

The value of special contributions made by employers to plug defined benefit (DB) deficits dropped by 50% in the first quarter of the year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Trustees who do not do enough to squeeze the fees charged by advisers are not fulfilling their fiduciary duty, says the former Pension Protection Fund (PPF) head of restructuring.

Ex-PPF man Richard Favier says too many trustees are sitting on their hands when they need to act

Aon Hewitt’s Andy Cox talks about his concerns over the coherence of pensions policy, DB transfers and what comes next

The government must take immediate action to help trustees and sponsors of maturing defined benefit (DB) schemes manage the run-off of liabilities, says the National association of Pension Funds (NAPF).