The UK's 350 largest listed companies are becoming increasingly unlikely to be able to meet their pension obligations, PwC research has suggested.
The most important characteristics in advisers differ by scheme size, but the approach to investment is not overly dissimilar, James Phillips writes
Trustees of the two British Home Stores (BHS) schemes have sent 18,000 letters to members explaining the options available to them following the deal reached earlier this year.
Trustees of the £10bn Co-operative pension fund are demanding £50m to split the scheme and enable a deal to rescue the struggling bank, according to reports.
It should be possible to pay 85%-90% of the estimated £3.3trn of promised benefits if schemes have the right risk management and investment strategies in place, according to Redington.
Over 80% of advisers expect an increasing number of transfer requests from defined benefit (DB) scheme members over the next year, according to a survey.
The T-Mobile International UK Pension Scheme has appointed BlackRock as its first fiduciary manager after an open tender.
The combined deficit of FTSE 100 defined benefit (DB) schemes grew by more than £10bn over 2016, Barnett Waddingham research has estimated.
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has signed up to the code of transparency created for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), bringing the total number of signatories to five.
The majority of defined benefit (DB a schemes remain affordable but many should do more to tackle increased deficits and reduce risk to pensioners, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.