Defined Benefit

Here it is. The lists of the FTSE100 firms with the largest deficits; the biggest shortfalls compared to market capitalisation; the lowest funding levels; and the largest decreases in funding levels.

PP conducted an online poll asking whether the government should hold fire on proposals forcing schemes to make adjustments to benefits to compensate for the effects of unequal GMPs. Here are the results.

The government has announced public sector pension negotiations will continue on ‘scheme by scheme' basis in the future.

Some 73% of occupational pension trustees plan to reduce their allocation to equities over the next year, a Pension Corporation survey reveals.

Public sector workers' resistance to pension reforms stems from a misunderstanding about how the changes will affect them, Hymans Robertson research reveals.

UK - Scheme funding levels improved during 2010 despite fears of a double-dip recession and the sovereign debt crisis, UBS Global Asset Management says.

Changes to IAS19 will have a "limited" effect on investor attitudes but are likely to accelerate investment de-risking strategies, consultants say.

Imminent changes to accounting standard IAS19 could dent UK company profits by as much as £10bn, KPMG warns.

More than two-thirds of scheme managers believe the scrapping of contracting-out for defined benefit schemes will lead to further closures to new or existing members.

Premier Foods is in discussions with the trustees of its pension schemes about whether or not it can issue bonds as a company.