Defined Benefit

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has published a guide to the 2013/14 levy, complete with sample invoices covering different scenarios.

The constant commentary on scheme deficits serves no constructive purpose according to Buzz respondents. Eight of ten said the practice had no use, while just one in eight said it had some merit.

A rise in equities failed to halt increasing deficits at the UK's biggest companies as corporate bond yields took a negative turn, research from Mercer shows.

Taha Lokhandwala looks at how trustee boards distribute a member’s pot in the case of an untimely death

Charles Amos explores why DB deficits are costing so much more than DC contributions

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is planning to merge 35 probation trust pension funds to a single fund hosted with the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

A shortage of AA corporate bonds is leading to inconsistencies in the way FTSE350 companies calculate defined benefit (DB) deficits, Hymans Robertson says.

The aggregate pension deficit of companies on the FTSE100 has hit £43bn, despite strong returns on assets and employer contributions of almost £22bn over the year, says LCP.

Pendragon has seen its defined benefit (DB) deficit fall £23.5m in the first six months of 2013 after favourable scheme assumptions, its interim results show.

A Treasury proposal to create formal insolvency procedures for co-operatives could improve the organisations' access to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), lawyers say.