defined benefit

The liabilities of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes continued to increase last month amid further falls in yields, according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 Index.

Defined benefit (DB) deficits at FTSE350 companies have swelled by £34bn since 2010 despite £15bn being paid into them annually.

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has launched an inquiry into the regulation of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.

Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) defined benefit (DB) pension scheme has reached 120% funding after the bank made a big cash payment to plug its deficit hole.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has called for the Pensions Regulator (TPR) to "take a proportionate and flexible approach" to defined benefit (DB) scheme funding.

This week's top stories were about speculation over a ban on defined benefit (DB) transfers, the Bank of England's interest rate cut, and the closure of advisory firm City Noble.

Damning research by the Pensions Institute has uncovered a number of ways by which sponsoring employers can shed or avoid their defined benefit (DB) deficits.

The Bank of England's decision to cut interest rates for the first time in seven years will keep gilt yields lower for longer, increasing scheme deficits which are already at record highs.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has resumed talks with unions over national insurance (NI) contribution costs being passed onto its 27,000 defined benefit (DB) scheme members.

The government should give the regulator more powers to prevent companies from avoiding defined benefit (DB) deficits, according to a Pensions Institute report.