Watching the latest instalment of the BHS saga provides valuable lessons for sponsoring employers finds Helen Morrissey.
Pension funds have traditionally had exposure to infrastructure through equity, but debt is increasingly being touted as an attractive route. Stephanie Baxter looks at whether it is suitable for schemes.
Young workers' pension funds are being sacrificed so private companies can afford to pay "over-generous" pensions for older members, according to the Intergenerational Foundation (IF).
Sir Philip Green's appearance in front of the Work and Pensions Select Committee raised interesting questions around sponsor responsibilities to scheme members says Helen Morrissey
While moving to CPI indexation can significantly reduce scheme liabilities, it can make buy-ins and buyouts more expensive. Kristian Brunt-Seymour finds pricing has slightly improved but still has a long way to go
Hugh Nolan believes the ongoing BHS story demonstrates some positives for the industry.
Redington has elevated Dan Mikulskis as head of defined benefit (DB) pensions in a newly created role.
Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has invested £100m in infrastructure debt secured on the Thames Tideway Tunnel.
The majority of respondents in this week's PP survey believe it would be inappropriate for pensions ministers to side-step the regulator to rescue a crisis-hit scheme.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has hit back at claims made by Sir Philip Green that there has been a lack of engagement over plans to deal with the British Home Stores (BHS) Pension Scheme deficit.