defined benefit

Nine out of 10 respondents said public sector schemes would still be with us in a decade, although the majority of those thought they would be significantly changed.

Buzz respondents were not generally against underfunded schemes pursuing liability driven investment (LDI) strategies.

PZ Cussons three UK defined benefit (DB) schemes' total surplus has grown £4m to £19.3m as of 30 November 2013, compared to 2012's figure of £15m.

The Unilever defined benefit (DB) scheme deficit has fallen from £2.72bn to £1.65bn over 2013.

Barnett Waddingham partner Paul Latimer has been appointed head of pension administration following Nuala Hedges' decision to step down from the role at the end of last year.

JLT Employee Benefits (JLT EB) head of investment consulting Peter Ball has left the group and corporate consulting director John Breedon has stepped into the role.

Lord John Hutton has joined Redington as an advisor focused on improving defined contribution (DC) outcomes.

Sackers has increased the size of its finance and investment team with the appointment of Sebastian Reger and promotion of Ian D'Costa to associate directors.

The majority of Buzz respondents do not want The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to be given the power to close under-funded schemes to future accrual.

The government has proposed to give itself the power to put in place two options to ease the auto-enrolment (AE) qualification process for defined benefit (DB) schemes.