TPR opens 'robust and lengthy debate' on future of DB funding
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has set out plans for twin-track defined benefit (DB) funding rules mixing clearer regulatory expectations with scheme-specific flexibility.
In a 190-page consultation published today (3 March), the watchdog has detailed the future ability of schemes to opt for either a prescriptive, but less scrutinised, fast-track solution to funding, or...
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