Investment

Workers at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) have voted overwhelmingly for strike action over the company’s plans to close its defined benefit (DB) scheme.

Defined contribution (DC) investments have to generate higher returns for savers due to the uncertainty caused by Brexit according to Hymans Robertson.

The number of FTSE 350 defined benefit (DB) plans which are cashflow negative has increased from 50% to 57% over the course of the year according to Hymans Robertson.

Trustees of the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) believed it would be a "lost opportunity" if the scheme ran a surplus, a lawyer for British Airways (BA) has argued.

Nearly one-in-three retirement savers would consider transferring final salary pension benefits to defined contribution schemes, latest research shows.

Asbjørn Trolle Hansen says managers should beware of positioning portfolios based on predicted results of major events.

British Airways' (BA) scheme trustees turned on their advisers and put pressure on them to change their advice, the High Court has heard.

IAS 19 is the accounting standard many sponsors use to make disclosures about their defined benefit schemes in their records. But a report from Lincoln Pensions argues IAS 19 is not good enough. Michael Klimes investigates.

MPs are considering a wide range of views on how to solve the DB 'crisis'. James Phillips rounds up the responses.

The government has rejected the accusation it gave advice to former workers at the UK Atomic Energy Agency when it was privatised two decades ago.