UK - A former trustee has questioned The Pensions Regulator's powers when it comes to enforcing contribution orders against foreign parent companies.
The strongest companies could see their Pension Protection Fund levy triple because of uncertainty around how their failure scores are calculated, Mercer warns.
Almost 1200 defined benefit schemes closed to existing members between 2000 and 2008, data from the Purple Book reveals.
The number of schemes putting contingent assets in place jumped by 30% to 587 in 2009/10, data from the latest Purple Book reveals.
UK - The number of schemes putting contingent assets in place jumped by 30% to 587 in 2009/10, research from the Pension Protection Fund and The Pensions Regulator revealed.
Aggregate scheme funding improved by £60.1bn in December 2009, latest figures from the Pension Protection Fund reveal.
Aggregate scheme funding improved by £60.1bn (US$97.1bn) in December 2009, latest figures from the Pension Protection Fund revealed.
The Pension Protection Fund has gone out to tender for a global custodian.
Pension Protection Fund chairman Lawrence Churchill and The Pensions Advisory Service chairman Margaret Snowdon are among those recognised with New Year honours.
In the first part of our run-down of the top 10 most read Professional Pensions Online articles in 2009, we look at those in sixth to tenth place.