PLSA

Michael Klimes explores how the Pension Quality Mark's new communications guide can help the industry can improve engagement with members

There has been a huge amount of talk about the challenges facing DB schemes. Jonathan Stapleton asks if we are really facing a crisis and, if so, what needs to happen.

The Pension Quality Mark (PQM) has launched a communications guide in partnership with the creative agency Landscape.

Baroness Altmann believes DB scheme consolidation would both reduce administration costs and deliver better outcomes for members

Joe Dabrowski says superfunds will encourage employers to "step up" and pay more into schemes earlier than under existing arrangements.

The government's white paper on defined benefit (DB) sustainability may include a heavy focus on scheme consolidation, benefit simplification and The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) powers, a senior civil servant has hinted.

The PLSA's DB taskforce has released more details about its suggested scheme consolidation route, but questions remain about how it would work in practice. James Phillips reports

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) will seek to collect £550m in levies from the industry in the 2018/19 tax year, it has announced, down more than 10% from 2017/18.

Consolidating defined benefit (DB) schemes could give members greater security and lead to more affordable benefits, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's (PLSA) taskforce has said.

The PLSA's new chief executive Julian Mund speaks to James Phillips about the association's plans for the future and how it will balance competing interests