KPMG

The number of firms making asset-backed contributions (ABCs) to their schemes shot up in 2013, despite The Pensions Regulator (TPR) warning trustees to approach such arrangements with caution.

Trustees of multi-employer defined benefit (DB) schemes may come under added pressure from sponsors due to changes in the Generally Accepted Accounting Practice in the UK (UK GAAP).

How advances in IT can cut the cost of schemes' actuarial services

KPMG has boosted its tax and pensions practice with two partner appointments and a raft of promotions to director level.

Specialist managers are securing an increasing slice of the fiduciary management (FM) market as a result of improved governance and appointment processes, according to research from KPMG.

Jack Jones tracks the rise of online valuation tools

KPMG has launched an online platform that lets trustees and scheme sponsors monitor funding levels and analyse risk in real time.

The Tate & Lyle Amylum UK Pension Scheme has agreed an £82m buy-in to cover all liabilities relating its pensioner and deferred members.

Scrapping defined benefit (DB) indexation will be controversial but collective defined contribution (DC) plans outlined in the government's defined ambition (DA) paper could prove popular, the industry says.

The MF Global UK Pension Fund has left Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment after the scheme's trustees secured a £52m buyout with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).