defined benefit

The ‘no change' announcement by the Office for National Statistics has added £20bn to FTSE100 deficits as gilt market expectations for inflation increased.

FTSE250 IT services provider Computacenter has reached an agreement with the Communication Workers Union over scrapping the firm's dependents death in service pension benefit.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has warned of a "worrying decrease" in the funding provisions within defined benefit schemes in the UK.

The trustee of the £1.8bn Rexam Pension Plan has appointed Towers Watson's Colin Singer as scheme actuary.

Pension Corporation has reinsured a further £400m tranche of longevity risk associated with its policy holders with Munich Re.

The exclusion of the new Fair Deal policy from the Public Sector Pensions Bill risks reopening pension disputes with public sector workers, Labour MPs warn.

The National Association of Pension Funds and the Confederation of British Industry are "very much hoping" George Osborne will announce a consultation on discount rates in the Autumn Statement tomorrow.

Labour MP Keith Vaz is to lead a debate on changes to police pension provisions in Parliament this afternoon.

Tube workers will strike for 24 hours from 6AM on 23 November over a long-running pensions and benefits dispute.

Jonathan Stapleton on scheme conversions