Defined Benefit
Law and Regulation
The majority of Buzz respondents do not want The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to be given the power to close under-funded schemes to future accrual.
17 January 2014
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Defined Benefit
The government has proposed to give itself the power to put in place two options to ease the auto-enrolment (AE) qualification process for defined benefit (DB) schemes.
16 January 2014
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Defined Benefit
MP Rob Wilson has written to BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten demanding an explanation for the broadcaster's £2bn pension scheme deficit and questioning the stewardship of the scheme trustees.
16 January 2014
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Defined Benefit
Jonathan Stapleton on the delayed publication of PPF sponsor insolvency scores
16 January 2014
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Defined Benefit
The Public Service Pension Bill has passed its consideration stage in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
15 January 2014
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Defined Benefit
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a crackdown on companies using asset-backed contribution structures (ABCs) that reclassify pension obligations as equity instruments in their accounts.
15 January 2014
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Defined Benefit
The BBC Pension Scheme trustees have negotiated an extra £365m employer contribution to tackle the fund's £2bn deficit.
14 January 2014
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Defined Benefit
Higher nominal and index-linked gilt yields helped to reduce the liabilities of the PPF 7800 index by 2.7% in December 2013, according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) latest update.
14 January 2014
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Defined Benefit
Ryanair has closed its defined benefit (DB) scheme to existing members after paying in €12.5m (£10.4m) to plug its deficit.
10 January 2014
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