defined benefit

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Olympic Airlines Pension Scheme cannot move into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

Tesco group pensions director Ruston Smith will succeed Mark Hyde Harrison as chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

The Association of Member-Nominated Trustees (AMNT) and the Irish Bank Officials Association (IBOA) have joined forces to lobby the Irish government to create a life-boat fund for defined benefit (DB) pensions.

Employers are potentially leaving themselves on the hook for significant unprotected retirement costs when closing defined benefit (DB) schemes.

Fewer than one in 10 respondents expect schemes to be fully funded within the next couple of years.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is still examining how auto-enrolment will apply to hybrid schemes after the draft Pensions Bill failed to close a loophole.

Naomi Rainey on the benefits of diversification

Pensions minister Steve Webb has created a working group to consider reforming multi-employer defined benefit schemes to help charities struggling with liabilities.

Buck Consultants is consulting with its UK employees on closing its defined benefit final salary offering by the end of 2014, PP has learnt.

The government should focus on improving defined contribution (DC) provision in developing the defined ambition agenda, according to the TUC.