defined benefit

Profund is launching an automated end-to-end administration system designed to streamline pension payroll processes for defined benefit (DB), defined contribution (DC), career average revalued earnings (CARE), and hybrid schemes.

The BP Pension Scheme has purchased a Worcester-based Sainsbury's supermarket store from M&G Investments in a deal worth £27.25m.

Natasha Browne looks at why consultants are advising schemes to get out of high yield

National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has reached one million members, double the membership of its closest master trust competitor.

The London Pension Fund Authority's (LPFA) funding level climbed to 91% in the three years to 31 March 2013, its triennial valuation reveals.

Managing liabilities and reducing risk are among the more pressing issues facing defined benefit pension schemes. Jack Jones looks at steps employers can take to tackle these.

Partnership has hired Costas Yiasoumi to the newly-created role of director of defined benefit (DB) solutions as part of plans to strengthen its enhanced bulk annuity business.

Just over a third of respondents think the number of member-nominated trustees (MNTs) on boards is shrinking as an increasing number of schemes close.

Naomi Rainey examines the potential impact of the government’s defined contribution revolution on defined benefit schemes

Sending out the message that decent pensions will become unaffordable in the UK as society ages is "irresponsible and almost certainly mistaken", says Barclays European chief investment officer Kevin Gardiner.