Defined Benefit

Sponsoring employers often want to cut contributions in order to invest in their businesses - but should trustees agree to this? Our panel discusses the issues.

The Pensions Trust (TPT) is consulting with staff over whether to close its own career average defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual.

Defined benefit (DB) s179 deficits continue to fall despite a drop in gilt yields, research from the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) finds.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has agreed to take on the pension scheme of architectural practice BDP in a deal which will save the firm from bankruptcy.

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).