Half of FTSE350 firms fail to comply with the UK corporate governance code, but more companies actively seek engagement with investors on governance issues than last year, Grant Thornton says.
FTSE350 defined benefit deficits have risen 11% over November but funding ratios remains stagnant at 90%, a Mercer survey shows.
Scheme sponsors are facing growing pressure to make higher contributions at the same time as their ability to support defined benefit obligations remains depressed, warns PwC.
Con Keating reviews The Pension Regulator's paper: The Defined Benefit Regime - Evidence and Analysis.
Research from Hymans Robertson shows that IAS19 deficits rose from £67bn to £115bn for FTSE350 companies in the year up to July 2012.
The liabilities of the FTSE350's schemes have reached 35% of their sponsoring employers' combined market capitalisation, Aon Hewitt says.
The collective pension deficit of Britain's biggest companies has increased by £30bn since the beginning of May, according to Towers Watson.
FTSE350 businesses that de-risked their pension schemes saw an average share price rise of 1.7% compared to an average index fall of 0.2%, analysis finds.
Funding positions have improved slightly this month as rising asset values offset increasing liabilities which were pushed out by record low discount rates.
Pension deficits increased more than 50% last year, but widening spreads between corporate bonds and gilts have masked an even greater deterioration in funding positions, argues Hymans Robertson.