defined benefit

Defined Benefit

PPF 7800 deficits swell 37% in January

Total deficits of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 increased by more than a third over last month against a backdrop of falling gilt yields.

clock 09 February 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Benefit

Transfer values recover but further volatility expected

Transfer values have recovered from a sharp fall at the end of last year on the back of falling gilt yields, according to Xafinity.

clock 09 February 2016 • 1 min read

Bulk Annuities

Low & Bonar completes £34m medically underwritten buy-in

Low & Bonar has completed a medically underwritten buy-in of £34m of liabilities within its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.

clock 03 February 2016 • 1 min read

Appointments

JLT Employee Benefits makes two key hires

Adrian Humphreys has been appointed to lead the health and risk business of JLT Employee Benefits as it looks to beef up services for clients.

clock 02 February 2016 • 1 min read

Admin / Technology

Royal Mail is first scheme to achieve reaccreditation from PASA

Royal Mail Pension Plan is the first scheme to have its in-house administration team gain reaccreditation from the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA).

clock 28 January 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

DB will still be alive in FTSE 250 within a year

DB schemes will not vanish from FTSE 250 companies in the next 12 months according to PP research.

clock 28 January 2016 • 5 min read

Defined Benefit

European pension funds lead the way on gender diversity

Pension fund boards and executive committees across Europe have shown the strongest female representation in the capital markets sector, according to a report by New Financial.

clock 25 January 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

DB to vanish from FTSE 250 within one year

All open defined benefit schemes in the FTSE 250 are set to close within 12 months, according to JLT Employee Benefits (EB).

clock 18 January 2016 • 1 min read

Appointments

HR Trustees hires trustee director

Gerald Wellesley has been appointed a director at HR Trustees where he will help the firm grow its professional trustee services.

clock 15 January 2016 • 1 min read

Industry

Industry says government should not help women with state pension equalisation

Women who are most vulnerable to changes in the state pension should not receive help from the government to make transitional arrangements according to PP research.

clock 14 January 2016 • 4 min read
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