Exclusive: Regulator pressing DB schemes to match dividends with deficit contributions
Defined benefit (DB) pension funds are increasingly under pressure to put in place dividend-sharing mechanisms as the regulator seeks to address the disparity with deficit contributions.
PP understands that schemes undergoing triennial valuations are being encouraged by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to put in place devices which guarantee additional payments into DB schemes where dividends...
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