Defined Benefit

Tate & Lyle Group Pension Scheme has agreed contingent funding arrangements that will trigger payments to the scheme if investments perform poorly or the employer covenant is weakened.

The regulator needs to intervene in the FM market, argues Jack Jones

The Aon Minet Pension Scheme has secured a third pensioner buy-in in five years, entering into a £210m deal with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).

The Pensions Trust (TPT) has launched a service to help employers deal with legacy arrangements arising from defined benefit schemes (DB).

Coca-Cola HBC, Whitbread and GKN are among the ten FTSE 100 pension schemes with the worst funding levels, according to a report.

Trustees of the MG Rover senior pension scheme have reached an £8m settlement with the sponsor, avoiding the scheme being wound up into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

Tesco Group's net pension deficit after tax increased 30% over eight months to £3.4bn in August, according to the company's interim results.

Scheme sponsors may have overspent on buyout contracts as a result of irregular mortality data, the Pensions Institute (PI) has warned.

Members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) are campaigning for the fund's investment policy to reflect their ethical views.

PwC has signed up the majority of insurers involved in the bulk annuity market to its Skyval Insure platform in a bid to make pricing easier for corporates and trustees.