defined benefit

Matt Gore from Pension Corporation, Nigel Ferrier from Ferrier Pearce and Barry Morse from Babcock International Group Pension Scheme discuss the current trends and strategies in member communications in defined benefit and defined contribution pension...

The High Court has ruled trustees in the Federated Flexiplan case have the discretion to award or withhold any surplus arising in the scheme from members.

The demand for liability driven investment strategies among small and medium defined benefit schemes will grow over the next three years, Aon Hewitt says.

The government cannot "stand idly by" while accountancy standards send pension fund liabilities rocketing and undermine the economy, Steve Webb has said.

A quarter of GP surgeries operated a reduced service yesterday as doctors took part in industrial action, the Department of Health said.

The ASLEF union has called off two days of strike action as it approaches an agreement with East Midlands Trains over changes to the firm's scheme.

The government should move public sector pensions to a funded model to create a £30bn a year ‘sovereign wealth fund' to invest in long-term projects, argues a Conservative backbencher.

The Financial Services Authority has reduced the deficit in its defined benefit pension scheme by £7.4m in the past year.

Schemes could find themselves "frozen out" of the Pension Protection Fund if their sponsoring employer is based overseas and fails certain tests, a lawyer warns.

Royal Bank of Scotland has told staff members they will have to work longer and contribute 5% of salary to their defined benefit scheme.