Defined Benefit

Conflict of interest could lead to a sub-optimal service for DB schemes and their members

Increase in surplus a result of bond yield increase and a fall in inflation expectations

Correspondence comes as part of WPC’s inquiry into liability-driven investment

Majority of Buzz respondents say buyout is their preferred route to endgame

SCAPE discount rate reductions will have a major impact on the cost of public pensions

Scheme deficits reduced by £4.5bn according to latest figures from the PPF 7800 Index

Stephanie Hawthorne asks if we can rekindle the defined benefit flame

Industry thinks current regulatory framework could better enable open schemes to ‘thrive’

Fall in funding position offset by decrease in assumed future rates of inflation

With longevity risk at 25% of DB investment risks, report urges schemes to assess mortality