Defined Benefit

Jack Jones looks at the grey areas of ABCs

Jack Jones looks at The Pensions Regulator’s guidance to trustees on asset-backed contribution structures

In a presentation at last week's PMI Autumn Conference, Buck Consultants principal Marcus Hurd presented some ideas on trustee psychology.

Naomi Rainey looks at how the chewing gum manufacturer is re-engaging DB members

The Royal Mail has seen its scheme surplus soar to more than £1.8bn after trustees agreed to break the link between salaries and pensionable pay.

Hymans Robertson and Cass Business School have launched a research project to develop a method of assessing the basis risk in longevity transactions.

Schemes undergoing triennial valuations in 2013 will see the projected time to fully repay deficits increase to 11 years, research from PwC shows.

Recent developments at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) demonstrate the "two futures" of DB provision that could be solved with defined ambition (DA) proposals, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

Greencore has set up an asset-backed contribution structure (ABC) to fund a £40m deficit in one of its defined benefit (DB) schemes.

Kcom has spent £895,000 putting in place an asset-backed contribution structure (ABC) that will deliver £1.1m a year to its defined benefit scheme for the next 15 years.