defined benefit

The majority of this week's respondents thought self-sufficiency was the long-term target for most defined benefit schemes. Although many pointed out that this was a protean term, more than half said it was what schemes were aiming for.

GAB Robins UK has entered a regulated apportionment arrangement with the Pension Protection Fund to eliminate its scheme liabilities.

Zurich has secured its first master trust client, with publisher Johnston Press signing up to the multi-employer auto-enrolment proposition.

The Pensions Regulator is investigating investment holding company Guinness Peat Group over its pension scheme responsibilities.

Less than 10% of staff auto-enrolled by The Co-operative have chosen to opt out of the scheme.

A Northern Ireland charity created to promote peace has gone into administration because of its spiralling defined benefit liability.

The Department for Work and Pensions' proposal to allow defined benefit schemes to self-certify may be unworkable, industry figures warn.

Axa is reviewing the viability of maintaining its defined benefit scheme due to an increasing deficit and the additional costs associated with the end of contracting out.

Taha Lokhandwala analyses the DA options that are most attractive to the industry

Henry Tapper on the DWP's invitation to actuaries to create a DA system