Defined Benefit

The surplus of Premier Foods’ combined defined benefit (DB) schemes has fallen a year after its landmark pensions merger, according to the retailer’s latest annual results.

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has taken a 50% stake in a Spanish and Portuguese renewables-focussed investment vehicle co-created by Canadian pension fund OPTrust.

The BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) slashed its deficit by £3.3bn in the three years between its 2017 and 2020 valuations, it announced today, remaining on track to meet a 2030 full funding target.

Pacific Life Re has reinsured around £190m of pensioner and deferred liabilities held by a UK bulk annuity provider.

DWS has launched a private and structured credit solution for small- to medium-sized defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. Here are the April 2021 estimates on the various measures…

Defined benefit (DB) savers may be accumulating too much in pension savings too soon, taking away from other financial priorities and choices, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

All signs point to imminent and substantial growth in consolidation, according to a range of speakers across the industry, including TPR, at the recent Professional Pensions DB Consolidation Conference.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) have launched a joint consultation on the proposals to update the asset information collected from defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has confirmed several changes to its actuarial assumptions under various bases as part of a regular review, broadly improving the lifeboat fund’s view of scheme funding.