Defined Benefit

Dawson International has entered administration after directors and trustees failed to agree on a solution to plug the firm's scheme deficit.

PRS for Music has named Aon Hewitt as its pension services consultant.

Johnston Press has boosted contributions to its scheme by 60% after seeing its shortfall double last year.

Research conducted by Barnett Waddingham on FTSE350 companies shows the negative effect of scheme liabilities is increasing.

A PPF update released today has shown an increase in scheme deficits from June to July this year, with the aggregate balance of schemes falling from -£267bn to -£283bn on the lifeboat funds' 7800 Index.

Morgan Stanley's list of the 20 UK firms facing the biggest pension risk.

Share prices of firms with the biggest pension deficits relative to their size have significantly underperformed the market average in the last three years, says Morgan Stanley Research.

The Co-operative Group is set to offer its career average PACE scheme to all workers following a widespread review of its retirement benefits ahead of auto-enrolment.

The latest Hyman's Robertson FTSE 350 accounting survey reveals firms are using an increasingly wide range of discount rates and inflation assumptions to calculate liabilities. Here are the key findings in full.

Here it is. The a handy table to compare the current (2008) LGPS with the newly agreed 2014 scheme.