Pension Protection Fund

Laura Hickman and Anna Wynn consider the implications of the recent ITS v Hope judgment

UK - The Pensions Regulator is appealing a court decision to stop its attempts to seek £2.1bn (US$3.2bn) from Nortel Networks on behalf of the struggling UK pension scheme.

The Pensions Regulator is appealing a court decision to stop its attempts to seek £2.1bn from Nortel Networks on behalf of the struggling UK pension scheme.

Seven more schemes entered the Pension Protection Fund in February, providing 2,535 people in the UK with present or future compensation.

Tom Selby looks at enhanced transfer value (ETV) exercises and asks why so many industry experts are opposed to them

The aggregate funding position of the 7400 defined benefit funds monitored by the Pension Protection Fund improved to a deficit of £15.1bn in February.

UK/GLOBAL - The aggregate funding position of the 7400 defined benefit funds monitored by the Pension Protection Fund improved to a deficit of £15.1bn (US$22.6bn) in February.

The government should tackle the Pension Protection Fund's £1.2bn deficit by halting automatic increases in compensation payments, a consultant says.

Visteon pensioners will protest outside the Houses of Parliament at the end of the month over claims former parent company Ford broke promises to protect their pensions.

UK - Courts in Canada and the US have blocked The Pensions Regulator's attempts to seek £2.1bn (US$3.13bn) from Nortel Networks on behalf of the struggling UK pension scheme.