Andrew Short asks an expert panel about the role of the trustee in protecting member interests.
The UK's last remaining coalmining firm is seeking to place its scheme into the Pension Protection Fund to save its business.
UK defined benefit schemes have hit a funding low after combined deficits increased nearly £100bn last month to hit £312bn, statistics show.
The Pension Protection Fund is to consider bringing its investment in-house from 2015 after projections revealed its fund management fees are set to soar over the next three years.
At the PP 2012 Pensions Reform conference - held last week - Pensions Action Group campaigner Alan Marnes stood up and asked delegates how people could ever trust pensions again.
The Northcroft Pension and Assurance Scheme has entered the Pension Protection Fund assessment period after its sponsoring employer was sold through a pre-pack insolvency.
The trustee of the Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan is petitioning the US Supreme Court to gain access to the company's bankrupt US affiliates' cash.
Guidance issued by The Pensions Regulator last Friday sends a clear message that it will be flexible when dealing with employers that are unable to fund scheme deficits through cash contributions, says the watchdog.